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AI Engineer

Devbytes inc
Round Rock, TX Contractor
POSTED ON 9/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/1/2026

Job Title : AI Engineer

Location: Round Rock, Texas, 78682

Duration: 18 Months

Job Type : Contract (We can consider - W2)

Responsibilities:

Top Skills Details:

  • Must have enterprise-scale implementation experience where they have hands on experience building Autonomous agents through production for business workflows
  • Can discuss architecture decisions and business outcomes
  • Demonstrate end-to-end ownership
  • Understand token optimization
  • Security Harness Engineering (Anyone in this space should know this)

Security Background is a huge plus:

  • Experience applying AI within a security domain - application security, DevSecOps, code analysis,
    threat modeling, firmware security or software supply-chain security
  • Familiarity with secure-by-design / secure-by-default principles and relevant frameworks (e.g., OWASP,
    including the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications; NIST SSDF)

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience developing and deploying AI-based solutions in production environments, with measurable business or operational impact
  • Strong programming proficiency (e.g., Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or similar) and adherence to software engineering best practices, including testing, code quality, and maintainability
  • Hands-on experience with modern AI/LLM development, including:
  • Context engineering - designing what informs the model\'s context window, including agentic retrieval and search, memory architectures, grounding in enterprise data, and structured outputs
  • Agentic system design - agent loop engineering, multi-agent and sub-agent orchestration, and tool/function calling
  • Context window management and token budgeting, including cost and latency optimization for production workloads
  • Evaluation of AI system quality, reliability, and safety
  • Solid understanding of software architecture and systems design, including API design, event-driven patterns, and data modeling for scalability and extensibility
  • Experience developing and/or deploying applications with large-scale impact (broad user base, high transaction volume, or organization-wide adoption)
  • Experience integrating with multiple systems and platforms (REST/GraphQL APIs, CI/CD pipelines, cloud services, enterprise tooling)
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently across the full delivery lifecycle - requirements analysis, solution design, implementation, deployment, and stakeholder engagement - with accountability for results
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both engineering and business audiences
  • Working knowledge of secure development practices and experience designing solutions that meet enterprise security and compliance requirements

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

  • Experience applying AI within a security domain - application security, DevSecOps, code analysis, threat modeling, firmware security or software supply-chain security
  • Familiarity with secure-by-design / secure-by-default principles and relevant frameworks (e.g., OWASP, including the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications; NIST SSDF)
  • Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol), building agent skills and tools, or extending AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin)
  • Experience with AI evaluation frameworks, guardrails, prompt/response caching strategies, and LLMOps in production
  • Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical enablement initiatives
  • Bachelor\'s or master\'s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

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