AI Engineer

Responsibilities Kforce has a client in New York, NY that is seeking an AI Engineer to join their team. Summary: The client has a capable engineering team working on a complex legacy-to-Python migration and multiple customer-facing platforms. They need someone whose primary job is to make the entire team 3-5x faster by building AI-powered automation across every phase of the SDLC: requirements extraction, code generation, testing, defect analysis, and release. This person doesn’t just use AI - they architect AI-driven engineering workflows that multiply the output of every developer on the team.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience
• AI Agent Development & Orchestration: Proven experience building multi-step AI agent workflows for engineering tasks - chaining code analysis, generation, validation, feedback. GitHub Copilot, Claude, LangChain, custom agents, or equivalent
• SDLC Automation & DevOps: Track record of automating significant portions of the delivery lifecycle
• CI/CD, automated testing, code quality gates, release automation (GitHub Actions)
• Python (strong proficiency): Primary codebase is Python - data processing, JSON transformations, modular architecture; Must build tooling and review/generate code at scale
• Automated Testing Frameworks: AI-augmented regression suites, diff/comparison tooling, scenario-based test generation, golden-file validation; Pytest, CI integration
• Advanced Prompt Engineering: Complex multi-step prompts for code generation, legacy code analysis, business rule extraction; Knows how to structure context, manage token limits, and validate AI outputs

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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