Forward Deployed AI Engineer – Agentic Workflows | Tampa, FL
Build production-grade AI solutions, multi-agent workflows, and enterprise integrations in a hybrid Tampa role. This opportunity offers a $150,000 to $285,000 compensation range, the chance to work directly with client teams, and significant impact across emerging AI and intelligent automation initiatives.
Quick Facts
- Location: Tampa, Florida; hybrid
- Employment Type: Direct hire
- Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years in AI/LLM application development, agentic systems, or intelligent automation
Pay & Benefits
- $150,000 to $285,000 (based on experience).
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement multi-agent orchestration workflows using LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or equivalent frameworks.
- Develop AI agents with task planning, tool use, memory management, structured outputs, and human-in-the-loop controls.
- Build LLM integrations, system prompts, retrieval strategies, function-calling patterns, and auditable output workflows.
- Create enterprise integrations using APIs and MCP connectors for ERP, EPM, CRM, HRIS, and other business systems.
- Package and deploy agent solutions as containerized microservices with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and alerting.
- Collaborate directly with client finance, IT, and data teams to translate business needs into technical solutions and demonstrate working agents.
- Mentor engineers, contribute reusable accelerators, and support AI delivery methodologies and innovation initiatives.
What You Need
Required
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on AI/LLM application development, agentic systems, or intelligent automation.
- Production experience building multi-agent systems and understanding agent-loop design, task decomposition, tool use, and memory management.
- Strong Python skills and proficiency with TypeScript or JavaScript.
- Experience with FastAPI or an equivalent framework for exposing agent capabilities as APIs.
- Strong understanding of prompt engineering, structured outputs, function calling, context-window management, cost optimization, and model latency tradeoffs.
- Experience working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and delivering production software on compressed timelines.
- Clear communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
- Forward-deployed or client-embedded engineering experience.
- Experience with enterprise APIs, MCP connectors, ERP, EPM, CRM, HRIS, data lakes, or finance data schemas.
- Experience with Azure, GCP, or AWS; Docker or Kubernetes; vector databases; and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.
- Finance domain knowledge, including month-end close, variance analysis, revenue recognition, accounts receivable/payable, or FP&A.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, mathematics, or a related technical field.
- Relevant certifications such as Azure AI Engineer, AWS Machine Learning Specialty, GCP Professional ML Engineer, LangChain, or equivalent agentic AI credentials.
About the Assignment
Join a leading facility in Tampa, Florida, supporting the delivery of scalable AI-enabled solutions for enterprise clients. You’ll work closely with business and technical stakeholders to develop reliable, traceable, and production-ready agentic systems while contributing to reusable tools, delivery practices, and emerging AI capabilities. Domestic travel may be required, depending on the client engagement.
NextPath is an Equal Opportunity Employer (“EEO”)/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/E-Verify Employer and welcomes all to apply to NextPath. #LI-DV1 #LI-Hybrid
Unfortunately, at this time our client is unable to sponsor or transfer visas. Only candidates authorized to work in the US without sponsorship should apply.