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Principal Agentic AI Engineer (W2)

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Durham, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2026
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Hi,

Only W2

The following requirement is open with our client.

Title : Principal Agentic AI Engineer (W2)

Location : Durham, NC (Onsite)

Duration : 12 Months

Relevant Experience (in Yrs.): 9

Rate $65/hr on W2

Job Description:

  • Key Responsibilities-
  • Principal-Level Technical Ownership Act as technical owner and architect for AgentOps and AXIS platform components.
  • Drive system design decisions across scalability| resilience| performance| and security.
  • Evaluate tradeoffs and make high-impact architectural calls independently.
  • Ensure platform designs align with long-term enterprise and AIAgent strategy.
  • AgentOps Agentic Systems Engineering Design and implement agentic workflows| orchestration| and lifecycle management.
  • Extend and optimize Agentic frameworks (planning| memory| tool usage| coordination).Build guardrails for reliability| observability| and safe execution of autonomous agents.
  • Improve agent runtime performance and operational stability at scale.
  • Design and implement solutions using Graph Databases (e.g.| Neo4j| Neptune| TigerGraph| JanusGraph| etc.).Integrate graph-based knowledge with agentic systems and platform services.
  • Hands-on Engineering Platform Enablement
  • Write and review production-grade code across critical services.
  • Build and enhance platform capabilities| APIs| and internal tooling.
  • Improve CICD pipelines| automation| and developer productivity tooling.
  • Lead debugging and resolution of complex production issues.
  • Cloud Operational Excellence (AWS)
  • Architect and implement cloud-native solutions on AWS.
  • Deep hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g.| EKS| ECS| Lambda| EC2| S3| DynamoDB| RDS| OpenSearch| IAM).
  • Ensure high availability| fault tolerance| and cost-efficient designs.
  • Embed observability (logging| metrics| tracing) and operational best practices.
  • Partner closely with Engineering Managers| Product| and Platform stakeholders.
  • Mentor senior engineers and unblock teams as needed.
  • Produce clear architecture docs| runbooks| and design artifacts.
  • Ensure strong knowledge transfer before contract completion.

Must-Have Skills:

  • AgentOps / Agentic AI
  • System Architecture
  • AWS Cloud
  • Graph Databases
  • Platform Engineering & Coding

Thanks and Regards,

Grace

Technical Recruiter |ASCII Group LLC.

Email: |Direct:

38345 W. 10 Mile Rd, Ste.#365; Farmington, MI 48335

Salary : $65

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