Staff Software Engineer with Agentic AI

Vizient, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 118,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits plan

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer specializing in agentic AI to design and implement scalable enterprise applications across multiple locations, including Chicago, Irving, and Edina.

The role combines hands-on development with architectural leadership to deliver AI-enabled services and robust systems. You will work with LLMs, RAG, enterprise data, and external tools to build reusable components, ensure secure integration, and mentor engineers while driving best practices in

Qualifications

• Lead technical design and day-to-day engineering execution with hands-on software development, testing, deployment and production support.
• Design and develop scalable enterprise applications, APIs, services, distributed systems, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Translate requirements into technical designs, implementation plans, and production-ready software.
• Develop AI-enabled applications and agentic workflows using LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, enterprise data, and external tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and day-to-day engineering execution.
• Develop AI-enabled applications and agentic workflows.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering standards across teams.

Skills

Technical design

Hands-on development

Testing

APIs and services

Distributed systems

AI-enabled solutions

Agentic workflows

LLMs / RAG

Mentoring engineers

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

## Staff Software Engineer with Agentic AIApply: Chicago, IL 60607: Irving, TX 75062 Vizient Corporate HQ: Edina, MN 55435: Full time: Posted Today: 35227RWhen you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.**Responsibilities:** **Required Responsibilities:*** Lead technical design and day-to-day engineering execution while contributing hands-on to software development, testing, deployment, and production support.* Design and develop scalable enterprise applications, APIs, services, distributed systems, and AI-enabled solutions.* Translate product requirements and architectural direction into technical designs, implementation plans, and production-ready software.* Develop AI-enabled applications and agentic workflows using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), enterprise data, and external tools.* Build reusable software components, services, integration patterns, and frameworks that improve engineering efficiency and solution scalability.* Apply software engineering practices for automated testing, continuous integration and delivery, observability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.* Implement secure integration patterns, access controls, error handling, monitoring, and operational safeguards across software and AI solutions.* Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, conduct code and design reviews, and promote engineering standards across development teams. **Preferred Responsibilities:*** Develop reusable AI capabilities for orchestration, model integration, tool integration, state management, evaluation, and observability.* Partner with Architecture, Security, and engineering teams to advance software and AI engineering standards, reference architectures, and responsible AI practices.**Estimated Hiring Range:**At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $117,600.00 to $206,000.00.This position is also incentive eligible.Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers**Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities**The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.