Senior GenAI & AI Agent Engineer

About Persistent

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what's next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor's mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix Assessment 2026.

About Position:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior GenAI & AI Agent Engineer to design, develop, and scale intelligent AI-driven platforms that transform natural language into meaningful business insights. This role sits at the intersection of Generative AI, Data Engineering, Analytics, and Backend Development, focusing on building production-grade AI agents, conversational systems, and semantic data layers.

• Role: Senior GenAI & AI Agent Engineer
• Location: All Persistent Locations
• Experience: 6 to 12 Years
• Job Type: Full-Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• Design, develop, and enhance LLM-powered AI agents using LangGraph, LangChain, RAG frameworks, and advanced orchestration techniques.
• Build and maintain scalable FastAPI-based services with asynchronous processing, authentication, observability, and Redis-based checkpointing.
• Create and manage semantic data layers, metadata repositories, and knowledge structures that improve AI-generated query accuracy.
• Develop conversational AI applications and chatbot interfaces that deliver data insights through natural language interactions.
• Analyze conversation-level metrics and user interactions to continuously improve AI agent performance and response quality.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate business rules, KPIs, and metric definitions into AI-driven solutions.
• Integrate enterprise data platforms such as AWS Athena, Databricks, and PySpark-based environments into AI workflows.
• Build integrations and automated export mechanisms for collaboration platforms such as Slack and Google Sheets.
• Develop and maintain AI Skills, Agent Workflows, and reusable components within the AI ecosystem.
• Design, build, and integrate MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and services to enable seamless AI agent interactions.
• Write unit tests, integration tests, evaluation frameworks, and monitoring capabilities to ensure production-grade reliability.
• Fine-tune prompts, retrieval strategies, evaluation pipelines, and agent behaviors to improve accuracy and business outcomes.
• Follow best practices in software engineering, DevOps, version control, and system observability.

Expertise You'll Bring:

• 6-12 years of experience in Software Development, AI/ML Engineering, Data Engineering, or related domains.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python, PySpark, FastAPI, Pydantic, and asynchronous programming patterns.
• Advanced SQL skills with experience in Spark SQL, Hive, Athena, query optimization, performance tuning, and complex data transformations.
• Extensive experience designing scalable APIs, backend services, and distributed applications.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI architectures, and AI application development.
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI APIs, LangFuse, RAG frameworks, and prompt engineering.
• Experience building intelligent agent workflows, tool integrations, retrieval systems, and evaluation frameworks.
• Knowledge of semantic search, vector databases, embeddings, and enterprise AI architectures.
• Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and modern data platforms.
• Strong understanding of data analytics concepts including dimensional modeling, KPI design, cohort analysis, and data governance.
• Experience with BI and visualization tools such as Tableau or Qlik Sense.
• Proven experience developing conversational AI systems, chatbots, and user-facing AI applications.
• Hands-on experience building AI Skills, Agent Frameworks, and workflow orchestration platforms.
• Experience developing and integrating MCP servers and AI interoperability frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of Git, CI/CD practices, testing frameworks, monitoring, and production support.
• Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

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"Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind."