Senior AI Engineer: Agentic AI & LLM Apps

Kforce Inc; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, deploy, and evaluate AI agents that leverage LLMs, enterprise data, and external tools to automate investigations and support operational decision-making. This role is based in Greenwood Village, CO.

The position sits at the intersection of Software Engineering, Agentic AI, Data Science, and Generative AI, focusing on production-grade AI applications, agent workflows, and clear explanations of technical decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in AI Engineering, Data Science, ML, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Strong Python software development experience.
• Experience building AI agents or LLM-powered applications.
• Hands-on experience with LangGraph or comparable agent frameworks.
• Experience with agent orchestration, context management, memory, and tool-calling patterns.
• Experience with prompt engineering, retrieval, embeddings, RAG, and LLM-powered workflows.
• Strong SQL and structured data experience.
• Experience deploying and supporting applications in production environments.
• Experience working within and contributing to shared or existing codebases.
• Ability to clearly explain technical decisions, architecture, and personal contributions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI agents using LangGraph or similar agent frameworks.
• Develop agent workflows leveraging LLMs, retrieval, tool calling, memory, and orchestration patterns.
• Parse and structure JSON, API, and model outputs for use within agent workflows.
• Build applications that integrate multiple data sources and external tools into a unified user experience.
• Design agent workflows that balance LLM flexibility with deterministic behavior, reliability, and explainability.
• Create evaluation frameworks and benchmark datasets to measure agent accuracy, quality, and performance.
• Improve agent quality through prompt engineering, context engineering, observability, and testing.
• Deploy and maintain production AI applications using modern CI/CD practices.
• Work within and contribute to complex existing Python codebases.
• Partner with Data Science, Engineering, Platform, and Business teams to deliver scalable AI capabilities.

Skills

Python

AI agents

LangGraph

Agent orchestration

Prompt engineering

SQL

Production deployment

Communication

Software engineering

Tools

LangGraph

Job description

Kforce is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, deploy, and evaluate AI agents that leverage LLMs, enterprise data, and external tools to automate investigations and support operational decision-making. This role is based in Greenwood Village, CO.

The position sits at the intersection of Software Engineering, Agentic AI, Data Science, and Generative AI, focusing on production-grade AI applications, agent workflows, and clear explanations of technical decisions.