Lead AI & Automation Engineer (Deterministic Orchestration)

ManpowerGroup; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plan

Vision plan

Health Savings Account

401(k) matching

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking an Application Programmer III in Chandler, AZ (Hybrid: 3 days onsite required). You will lead refinement of stories and technical requirements for AI agent use-cases, orchestration workflows, and deterministic automation priorities, while mentoring others.

Responsibilities include planning and estimation, running spikes and proofs of concept, designing and reviewing components and unit tests, and building reusable patterns for AI-enabled workflows and enterprise

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing complex software or automation solutions that translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable, and supportable capabilities.
• Advanced programming and scripting skills for software engineering, API development, orchestration, and automation implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to work across both AI-enabled use-cases and deterministic automation patterns, with flexibility to support either based on delivery demand.
• Strong understanding of workflow orchestration, execution control, task sequencing, and operational logic from intent/decisioning to controlled action.
• Experience across the software development lifecycle, including design, coding, code review, testing, version control, release management, and deployment support.

Responsibilities

• Lead refinement of stories and technical requirements for AI agent use-cases, orchestration workflows, and deterministic automation capabilities.
• Participate in estimation and planning for delivery across both agentic and deterministic automation implementations.
• Run spikes, proofs of concept, and technical experiments to reduce delivery risk, validate design choices, and guide implementation direction.
• Design, code, and review solution components and unit tests aligned to acceptance criteria, control requirements, and engineering standards.
• Build reusable components that enable AI-enabled workflows, agent interactions, orchestration logic, deterministic automation routines, and integrations with enterprise tools and services.

Skills

Software development

API development

Orchestration

Automation implementation

Mentoring engineers

Agile delivery

Job description

ManpowerGroup is seeking an Application Programmer III in Chandler, AZ (Hybrid: 3 days onsite required). You will lead refinement of stories and technical requirements for AI agent use-cases, orchestration workflows, and deterministic automation priorities, while mentoring others.

Responsibilities include planning and estimation, running spikes and proofs of concept, designing and reviewing components and unit tests, and building reusable patterns for AI-enabled workflows and enterprise