AI Engineer
Dallas, IA - USA
Job Summary
Why Ryan
Hybrid Work Options
Award-Winning Culture
Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
401K with Employer Match
Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
Fertility Assistance Program
Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams contribute to architectural discussions and ensure that AI solutions align with user needs business goals safety expectations and performance constraints. This role demands hands-on engineering capabilities a high degree of ownership and the ability to work independently as well as within a team.
Software Design and Development
- Translate business needs into agentic workflows and production-ready full-stack components (APIs services UIs).
- Design and document functional and technical specifications for mid-to-large components.
- Implement agent orchestration tool-use and integrations with strong focus on correctness safety and reliability.
- Implement and review high-quality code using modern software development practices.
- Conduct design and code reviews with an emphasis on performance scalability and maintainability.
Applications Integration & Middleware
- Integrate enterprise applications and services using APIs and middleware solutions.
- Conduct feasibility assessments and support application interoperability testing.
- Troubleshoot integration issues and support optimization of connected systems.
Cloud DevOps & Configuration
- Develop and participate in deploying software in Azure cloud environments.
- Configure platform-specific deployment scripts and troubleshoot build-release issues.
- Participate in infrastructure-as-code practices and cloud performance tuning.
Testing & Automation
- Define evaluation strategies for agent behavior: golden datasets regression suites scenario coverage and reliability checks.
- Instrument and monitor agent behavior (tool-call traces latency/cost metrics failure modes) and drive iterative improvements.
- Design and execute complex unit integration and automated test cases.
- Analyze and resolve test failures propose code fixes and contribute to automation frameworks.
- Collaborate with QA and DevOps teams to drive CI/CD pipeline enhancements.
Architecture Support
- Assist in translating high-level architecture into low-level designs.
- Develop and maintain design artifacts under the guidance of architects and staff engineers.
- Understand existing system architecture and communicate trade-offs during design sessions.
Collaboration & Execution
- Work closely with product managers UX designers and business stakeholders.
- Contribute to project planning and estimation for features and enhancements.
- Lead technical discussions mentor junior engineers and support knowledge sharing.
Required Competencies
Technical Strength
- Deep understanding of core programming concepts system design principles and application performance optimization
- Hands-on experience building agentic systems with LLMs (tool-use orchestration multi-step flows verification/validation patterns) and MCPs.
- Proficient in one or more agentic frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph OpenAI Agents SDK Microsoft Semantic Kernel Microsoft AutoGen CrewAI etc.)
- Proficient in writing clean efficient and maintainable code across at least one modern full stack
- Experience using frameworks ecosystem with ReactJS is a plus
- Ability to debug complex issues and propose effective solutions with minimal guidance
Solution Ownership
- Demonstrates end-to-end ownership of features or components from design to deployment
- Proactively anticipates risks raises concerns early and takes accountability for resolving them
- Capable of breaking down complex problems into actionable technical work
- Review code to ensure correct functionality potential holistic solutions identify unexpected side effects and conforming to documented standards
Collaboration & Influence
- Communicates technical ideas clearly across teams and stakeholders
- Build strong partnerships with QA DevOps Product and other engineering teams
- Provides constructive feedback in code and design reviews mentors junior engineers effectively
Execution Excellence
- Delivers high-quality tested and secure code consistently
- Prioritizes well and executes in alignment with sprint goals and timelines
- Manages multiple competing tasks and handles changing priorities with discipline
Continuous Improvement
- Actively contributes to improving team processes standards and tooling
- Stay updated on new technologies and apply relevant practices where appropriate
- Seeks feedback and adapts to strengthen performance and technical acumen
What You Bring
- 69 years of software engineering experience with a strong track record of building production-grade systems
- Demonstrated experience shipping AI/LLM-powered features (agents/agentic-frameworks RAG tool-calling workflow automation) into real user workflows.
- Proficiency in at least one modern full-stack data-stores (SQL/NoSQL) Redis Containerization Kubernetes Azure Cloud-Native Services
- Strong understanding of data structures design patterns and system integration techniques
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD containers (Docker) and cloud services (AWS/Azure)
- Demonstrated ability to design test and debug complex systems in a collaborative setting
- Attention to details and ability to work with a large codebase
- A proactive mindset with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to document and present technical concepts clearly
- Awareness when progress has stalled and a willingness to ask for help or confirmation.
Certificates and Licenses:
Valid drivers license required.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
May directly supervise employees in the Business Solutions practice and carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Firms policies and applicable laws.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Ryan is a global tax services, software, and technology firm providing an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services to companies across the world.