Senior AI Engineer — Production AI Agents (Hybrid Chicago)

Harmer; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmer is seeking a Senior Engineer for its Agentic AI Engineering team in Chicago. The role focuses on shaping how AI is used in production-critical software, building AI agents, MCP servers, retrieval systems, and evaluation pipelines at scale.

The ideal candidate has strong CS fundamentals and hands-on experience with Java or Python, plus a track record of contributing to production or developer-facing systems. The role is hybrid, leaning onsite in Chicago Loop.

Qualifications

• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Experience contributing to production or developer-facing systems
• Experience designing, developing, or implementing AI agents or autonomous workflows

Responsibilities

• Build AI agents, MCP servers, retrieval systems, and evaluation pipelines to make AI-generated code reliable and auditable
• Translate emerging AI capabilities into practical engineering solutions in production

Skills

Java

Python

AI agents

Agent frameworks

Job description

Harmer is seeking a Senior Engineer for its Agentic AI Engineering team in Chicago. The role focuses on shaping how AI is used in production-critical software, building AI agents, MCP servers, retrieval systems, and evaluation pipelines at scale.

The ideal candidate has strong CS fundamentals and hands-on experience with Java or Python, plus a track record of contributing to production or developer-facing systems. The role is hybrid, leaning onsite in Chicago Loop.