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Staff Software Engineer with Agentic AI

Chicago, ILOnsiteFull TimeStaff$117,600–$206,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Agentic AI
  • Large Language Models
  • Enterprise Data
  • External Tools
  • Scalable enterprise applications
  • APIs
  • services
  • distributed systems
  • AI-enabled solutions
  • reusable software components

Nice to have

  • AI capabilities
  • orchestration
  • model integration
  • tool integration
  • state management
  • evaluation

Role summary

Vizient is seeking a Staff Software Engineer with expertise in Agentic AI. This role involves leading technical design and hands-on development of scalable enterprise applications, APIs, services, distributed systems, and AI-enabled solutions. Responsibilities include developing AI workflows using LLMs and RAG, building reusable components, applying software engineering best practices for CI/CD, testing, and observability, and implementing secure integration patterns. The role also requires mentoring engineers and promoting engineering standards. Preferred responsibilities include developing reusable AI capabilities and partnering on responsible AI practices. The estimated hiring range is $117,600.00 to $206,000.00 annually.

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Responsibilities:


Required Responsibilities:

  • Lead technical design and day-to-day engineering execution while contributing hands-on to software development, testing, deployment, and production support.
  • Design and develop scalable enterprise applications, APIs, services, distributed systems, and AI-enabled solutions.
  • Translate product requirements and architectural direction into technical designs, implementation plans, and production-ready software.
  • Develop AI-enabled applications and agentic workflows using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), enterprise data, and external tools.
  • Build reusable software components, services, integration patterns, and frameworks that improve engineering efficiency and solution scalability.
  • Apply software engineering practices for automated testing, continuous integration and delivery, observability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Implement secure integration patterns, access controls, error handling, monitoring, and operational safeguards across software and AI solutions.
  • Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, conduct code and design reviews, and promote engineering standards across development teams.

Preferred Responsibilities:

  • Develop reusable AI capabilities for orchestration, model integration, tool integration, state management, evaluation, and observability.
  • Partner with Architecture, Security, and engineering teams to advance software and AI engineering standards, reference architectures, and responsible AI practices.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $117,600.00 to $206,000.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

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