Senior AI Engineer - Agentic Systems & Field Deployments

PepsiCo

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 124,000 - 207,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Retirement plan
Paid time off
Parental leave
Life insurance

Job summary

PepsiCo seeks a Forward Deployed AI Engineering Lead to design and deliver production-grade agent capabilities across cloud and edge environments, spanning supply-chain and global functions. You’ll own end-to-end delivery of agentic modules and integration patterns, embed within transformation teams, and scale solutions across domains.

You’ll translate complex business workflows into measurable agent outcomes, drive risk tradeoffs, and partner with platform engineering and enterprise application

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s in CS/AI/ML or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years in software life cycle development and delivery.
  • Proven experience shipping LLM/agent solutions to production with measurable quality.
  • Strong background in distributed systems, APIs, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deploy AI agent solutions in client environments, adapting core tech to constraints.
  • Customize agent patterns and enterprise integrations to solve high-impact challenges.
  • Translate ambiguous client requirements into production-ready solutions with minimal iterations.
  • Lead on-site performance optimization, ensuring latency and reliability.
  • Develop implementation playbooks to accelerate future deployments and adoption.

Skills

Python
Java
Distributed systems
LLM & Agent Systems
LangChain
Kubernetes
Performance optimization
On-site deployment
System architecture

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/AI/ML
Master's degree preferred
12+ years software lifecycle experience

Tools

Docker
Kubernetes
LangChain
LangGraph
CrewAI
MLflow

Job description

PepsiCo seeks a Forward Deployed AI Engineering Lead to design and deliver production-grade agent capabilities across cloud and edge environments, spanning supply-chain and global functions. You’ll own end-to-end delivery of agentic modules and integration patterns, embed within transformation teams, and scale solutions across domains.

You’ll translate complex business workflows into measurable agent outcomes, drive risk tradeoffs, and partner with platform engineering and enterprise application

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