Agentic AI Lead Engineer

Trident Consulting is seeking a "Agentic AI Lead Engineer" for one of our clients in "Woodland Hills, CA/ Atlanta, GA / Richmond, VA. A global leader in business and technology services.

Role : Agentic AI Lead Engineer

Location : Woodland Hills, CA/ Atlanta, GA / Richmond, VA

Pay rate : $70/hr - $75/hr on C2C

Type: Contract

Top Skills:

• Strong programming experience in Python (required); familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript is a plus

• Hands-on experience with LLMs, Generative AI, and agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI or similar)

• Experience building workflow automation solutions using APIs, event-driven systems, and microservices

Role Summary:

The Agentic AI Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing agentic AI–driven automation solutions that autonomously plan, reason, and execute complex enterprise workflows. This role focuses on leveraging multi-agent architectures, LLMs, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise integrations to automate business and IT processes with minimal human intervention, while ensuring security, governance, and Responsible AI compliance.

The engineer will work closely with enterprise architects, domain experts, platform teams, and business stakeholders to transform manual or rule-based workflows into intelligent, adaptive, agent-driven systems that deliver measurable business outcomes

Required Qualifications:

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of vector databases, knowledge graphs, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), containers, and infrastructure-as-code Conceptual & Enterprise Skills.

• Strong understanding of agentic AI concepts: autonomy, planning, reasoning, action, learning, and reflection.

• Experience translating business processes into automated, AI-driven workflows.

• Awareness of Responsible AI, security, and governance considerations in enterprise environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience implementing multi-agent orchestration in production environments.

• Background in enterprise platforms such as ERP, CRM, ServiceNow, or supply chain systems.

• Exposure to industry-specific agentic AI use cases (e.g., IT operations, SDLC automation, supply chain, customer service).

• Experience collaborating with architects, program leads, and domain experts in large-scale transformations.

About Trident Consulting

Trident Consulting is an award-winning staffing and consulting firm headquartered in San Ramon, CA. Since 2005, we’ve partnered with Fortune 500 and high-growth companies to deliver high-quality talent across technology, engineering, business operations, and professional services.

We specialize in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements, supporting roles across IT, data & analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, finance & accounting, HR, operations, and more. With a strong focus on hard-to-fill and niche positions, our global recruiting engine enables us to deliver speed, quality, and scale.