Job Role: Senior Lead Software Engineer – AI Agents (GCP)
Location : Atlanta, GA (3 days onsite)
Must Have: Retail domain experience
Build and deploy AI agents and chatbots on Google Cloud Platform, using ADK and modern agent frameworks. Own delivery from rapid POC → production.
Responsibilities
- Develop AI agents/chatbots with tool integration (APIs, databases, services)
- Build using ADK (Python required; Java or similar preferred)
- Create multi-step agent workflows (reasoning, orchestration, context handling)
- Rapidly prototype using Agent Studio / AI Studio (or equivalent)
- Convert POCs to production services on GCP (Cloud Run / GKE)
- Integrate with Vertex AI, BigQuery, enterprise systems
- Implement guardrails, access controls, and monitoring
- Optimize latency, cost, and reliability
Requirements
- 5+ years software engineering
- Experience building AI/LLM applications or chatbots
- Strong Python + one additional backend language
- Hands-on GCP experience (Vertex AI preferred)
- Experience with ADK or similar agent frameworks
- Experience building APIs / distributed systems
- Strong SQL (BigQuery preferred)
Preferred
- Agent Studio / AI Studio or rapid prototyping tools
- RAG / vector databases
- Enterprise copilots or operational AI assistants
- IAM / secure service integration
- Supply chain / transportation domain experience (e.g., logistics, TMS, routing, shipment visibility)
Success Criteria
- Deliver production AI agents on GCP
- Reduce POC → production cycle time
- Build reusable agent patterns
- Ensure secure, scalable, observable systems