AI Engineer

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.
* 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. Git Hub Copilot, Claude, Lang Chain, custom agents, or equivalent

* SDLC Automation & Dev Ops:
Track record of automating significant portions of the delivery lifecycle

* CI/CD, automated testing, code quality gates, release automation (Git Hub 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