Encora

Senior AI Agent Engineer

Encora
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2 days ago
Remote, Peru +3 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise AI agents, copilots, and multi-agent systems using Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Python-based frameworks, and approved technologies.
  • Develop prompts, instructions, tool definitions, routing, orchestration workflows, grounding, citations, retrieval, context management, guardrails, and human-review patterns.
  • Integrate AI agents with enterprise tools and APIs, build rapid prototypes, and validate solutions with business users.
  • Create automated evaluations and optimize agent quality, latency, reliability, observability, and cost.
  • Support production monitoring and troubleshooting for AI applications.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of software development experience, including at least 2 years developing generative AI, AI assistant, or agent-based applications.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI is mandatory.
  • Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Copilot Studio.
  • Strong Python development skills and experience integrating REST APIs and cloud services.
  • Experience with Semantic Kernel, MCP, and agent orchestration.
  • Strong knowledge of prompt engineering and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
  • Experience implementing agent evaluation, guardrails, grounding, citations, and context management.
  • Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and continuous improvement practices for production AI applications.
  • Experience developing and deploying secure, testable enterprise applications.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
  • Preferred qualifications include advanced Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio experience, multi-agent systems or comparable orchestration frameworks, automated evaluation pipelines, tool-use controls, and an Azure AI Engineer or related certification.

Benefits

  • Remote work mode.
  • Role is located in Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, or Bolivia.

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About Encora

5,001-10,000 employees

Encora provides software and digital product engineering services for technology companies and enterprises, including cloud-native development, data engineering, and QA. It operates a global delivery model and supports outsourced product development and managed engineering teams. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Encora is privately held and was acquired by Coforge; it previously raised $200 million in private equity funding in 2019.

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