Forward Deployment Agentic Engineer

US132 Guidehouse Digital, LLC; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

401(k) Retirement Plan

Group Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Transit/ Parking Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Events

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a skilled Software/Data Engineer to build agentic AI solutions using Claude and enterprise APIs. You will translate business needs into practical designs and prototypes, and develop reliable workflows with tool use, structured outputs, and human review where needed.

The role focuses on creating scalable integrations, data pipelines, and database strategies while balancing usability and safety across solutions. Travel up to 10% and ability to obtain Public Trust are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering/Data Science.
• 4+ years in software/data/analytics engineering or related role.
• 2+ years building GenAI/LLM/agentic solutions.
• Experience with Claude API or related platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build and support agentic AI solutions using Claude, API integrations, and modern development practices.
• Translate business needs into technical designs and prototypes including Custom Skills.
• Develop reliable agent workflows with tools, structured outputs, retrieval, and human review.
• Contribute to solution patterns balancing usability, performance, and safety.
• Build and maintain integrations with internal and external systems via APIs and data pipelines.
• Support read-oriented workflow integrations with common business systems and applications.
• Work with relational databases and data storage patterns to support state, retrieval, and auditability.

Skills

GenAI development

LLM platforms

API integration

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

Database design

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Claude API

Claude Code

Job description

Job Family: Business Systems Analysis Travel Required: Up to 10% Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do

• Build and support agentic AI solutions using Claude, API integrations, and modern application development practices.
• Translate business and workflow needs into practical technical designs and working prototypes including Custom Skills.
• Develop reliable agent workflows that use tools, structured outputs, retrieval, and human review where appropriate.
• Contribute to the design of solution patterns that balance usability, performance, maintainability, and safety.
• Build and maintain integrations with internal and external systems through APIs, services, and data pipelines.
• Support read-oriented and low-risk workflow integrations with common business systems and internal applications.
• Work with relational databases and related data storage patterns to support application state, retrieval, and auditability.

What You Will Need

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS 'PUBLIC TRUST'; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
• Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Four (4) or more years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, analytics engineering, or a related technical role.
• TWO (2) years of recent, hands-on experience building GenAI, LLM, or agentic solutions.
• Experience with Claude API, Claude for Enterprise, Claude Code, tool use, or similar LLM platforms.
• Experience building and integrating applications through APIs, services, or workflow automation.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Anthropic Academy coursework or certificates in areas such as AI Fluency, API development, Model Context Protocol, Claude Code, or related Claude platform topics.
• Experience building reliable, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Anthropic partner training or certification experience, or equivalent Claude-focused credentialing.
• Working knowledge of relational databases and basic data modeling concepts.
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, or vector search.
• Familiarity with agentic workflow patterns, orchestration, and human-in-the-loop designs.
• Exposure to evaluation practices for AI systems, including testing, validation, and quality review.
• Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and observability for application services.
• Experience supporting internal platforms, client implementations, or enterprise software delivery.
• Strong interest in building practical AI solutions that are useful, trusted, and easy to maintain.

The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00-$116,000.00.

What We Offer

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Care.com annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation. Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Guidehouse is a global AI-led professional services firm delivering advisory, technology, and managed services to the commercial and government sectors. With an integrated business technology approach, Guidehouse drives efficiency and resilience in the healthcare, financial services, energy, infrastructure, and national security markets. Built to help clients across industries outwit complexity, the firm brings together approximately 18,000 professionals to achieve lasting impact and shape a meaningful future.

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