Job Description
Trident Consulting is seeking a "Agentic AI Developer" for one of our client in Charlotte, NC (Onsite only). A global leader in business and technology services.
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Job Title: Agentic AI Developer
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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Job Type: Contract (OnlyW2)
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Pay Rate: $90/hr
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Build and ship production agentic AI features — agents, tools, prompts, evals, and integrations — against an established reference architecture.
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Required Qualifications:
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• 3–8 years of experience in software development or data engineering
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• Hands-on experience in Generative AI or LLM-based applications
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• Experience building APIs, microservices, or distributed systems
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• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, or related field
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Key roles:
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• Implement agents and sub-agents (planner, executor, critic, router) using Claude Agent SDK / Lang Graph
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• Build tools and MCP integrations, design clean tool schemas, idempotent operations, and robust error handling.
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• Implement RAG pipelines: ingestion, chunking, embedding (Bedrock Titan), hybrid retrieval, citation rendering.
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• Develop Fast API/Python services exposing agent capabilities (sync + streaming); integrate with SQL (Postgres) and object stores (S3).
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• Write evaluation harnesses (golden sets, regression suites, LLM-as-judge) and trace/observe agent runs.
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• Implement guardrails: input/output validation, schema enforcement, rate limiting, prompt-injection defenses.
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• Participate in code reviews, pairing, and architecture discussions; own quality of the code you ship.
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• Strong Python (FastAPI, async, Pydantic) or Node/TypeScript equivalent.
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• Hands-on with at least one agent framework (Claude Agent SDK / Lang Graph / AutoGen).
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• Practical experience with LLM tool/function calling, structured outputs, streaming.
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• RAG implementation experience (pgvector / FAISS / OpenSearch).
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•Git, CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and cloud basics (AWS preferred).
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Roles/Responsibilities:
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• Implement single-agent and multi-agent systems using frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar
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• Build applications using LLMs (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)
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• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines
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• Enable agents to coordinate and collaborate in multi-agent ecosystems
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• Build secure, scalable APIs and microservices to support AI agents
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• Develop evaluation frameworks for agent performance (accuracy, hallucination detection, response quality)
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• Monitor system behavior and continuously improve reliability
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• Optimize performance for latency, cost, and scalability
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About Trident Consulting
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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.
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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.
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Learn more: www.tridentconsultinginc.com