Senior Agent Engineer, AI Platform & Workflows

Vertex Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex is seeking an Agent Engineer to design, prototype, and productionize AI agents and multi-step workflows deeply integrated with enterprise systems.

The role emphasizes forward-deployed engineering, rapid iteration with stakeholders, and building agents that can reason across steps, call APIs, and operate within guardrails. Hybrid work and a strong emphasis on secure, scalable solutions are highlighted.

Qualifications

• BS in CS/Software Eng/AI/Data Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in software/AI engineering and building AI-powered apps.
• Hands-on experience with LLM-based applications, AI workflows, or agentic systems.
• Experience integrating software with APIs, data sources, and enterprise systems.
• Experience using AI-assisted development and autonomous coding agents.
• Understanding of AI-native software engineering practices and governance.
• Proven ability to move from prototype to production with speed, quality, and rigor.
• Experience working with users to refine technical solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and productionize AI agents and multi-step workflows.
• Collaborate with end users, product teams, and stakeholders to solve real workflow problems.
• Build agents that can reason, invoke tools, call APIs, retrieve information, and act within guardrails.
• Integrate agents with internal platforms, APIs, and enterprise systems.
• Develop reusable agent patterns, prompts, tools, and orchestration logic.
• Iterate on agent behavior based on usage data and feedback.
• Improve agent quality through testing, benchmarking, and measurement.
• Partner with platform, data, security, and product teams for reliable and secure agents.
• Define best practices for agent design, tool use, escalation, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Support deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization of agents in production.
• Contribute to observability practices: logging, tracing, performance, and issue analysis.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and responsible AI principles.
• Stay current on generative AI patterns and translate them into Vertex use.

Skills

AI engineering

Software engineering

LLM development

API integration

AI coding assistants

Prototype to production

User collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng/AI/Data Science

Tools

APIs

CI/CD

Job description

Vertex is seeking an Agent Engineer to design, prototype, and productionize AI agents and multi-step workflows deeply integrated with enterprise systems.

The role emphasizes forward-deployed engineering, rapid iteration with stakeholders, and building agents that can reason across steps, call APIs, and operate within guardrails. Hybrid work and a strong emphasis on secure, scalable solutions are highlighted.