AI Agent Engineer

• We are seeking a senior/lead-level engineer with deep hands-on experience in AI coding agents, developer productivity platforms, agent administration, security, and cloud infrastructure.
• This resource will help lead the implementation, administration, functional validation, security validation, and operational management of enterprise coding-agent capabilities.
• The individual should be capable of working independently, troubleshooting complex integrations, establishing technical standards, and providing technical leadership to engineering teams adopting coding agents.
• The ideal candidate should have experience operating AI coding technologies in enterprise production environments, rather than solely developing proofs of concept.

• AI Coding Agents and Developer AI Platforms
• Deep hands-on experience with OpenAI Codex / coding agents and GitHub Copilot, including implementation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, and enterprise deployment.
• Experience configuring and administering capabilities such as:
• Organization and enterprise-level policies
• User and group access
• Repository access
• Agent permissions
• Model configuration
• Tool access
• Policy enforcement
• Usage controls
• Enterprise security controls
• Experience implementing and supporting coding-agent workflows across the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Ability to assess coding-agent behavior from both a functional and administrative/platform perspective.
• Agent Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience designing, configuring, and building AI agents, including:
• Agent configuration and orchestration
• Custom coding agents
• GPTs / custom assistants
• Agent tools and tool integrations
• Plugins, Skills, or equivalent extensibility mechanisms
• Prompt and instruction architecture
• Agent context management
• Tool selection and tool execution
• Multi-agent or orchestrated agent workflows
• MCP – Model Context Protocol
• Strong working knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP), including experience building and securing MCP servers.
• Experience should include:
• MCP scopes and permissions
• Authentication and authorization
• Fine-grained authorization
• Identity propagation
• Credential handling
• Secure access to enterprise APIs and systems
• Restricting agent access using least-privilege principles
• Experience designing security boundaries around MCP tools is highly desirable.
• Identity, Authentication, and Authorization
• Deep understanding of enterprise identity and access management, with hands-on experience implementing several of the following:
• SSO, SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Identity Providers (IdP), SCIM provisioning, AWS IAM, AWS IAM Identity Center, Microsoft Active Directory / Entra ID, Bearer tokens, JWT tokens, Service identities, Role-based access control (RBAC), Fine-grained authorization
• Candidates should understand authentication versus authorization and be capable of designing identity flows for both human users and autonomous agents.
• Experience implementing least-privilege access for AI agents is strongly preferred.
• AWS and AI Platform Experience
• Strong working knowledge of AWS, including hands-on experience with: Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Bedrock Agents, Amazon Bedrock Agent Core, IAM roles and policies, ECS, Application Load Balancer (ALB)
• Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager and/or Parameter Store, VPC/networking fundamentals, Programming
• Strong proficiency in Python is required.
• Candidates should be comfortable developing: REST APIs, Agent services, Automation utilities, Integration services, Test harnesses, Validation frameworks
• Experience with asynchronous Python, API development frameworks, and structured logging is preferred.
• Security and Authorization Validation
• Unauthorized repository access
• Tool authorization
• MCP permission boundaries
• Identity propagation
• Token handling
• Privilege escalation
• Least-privilege enforcement
• Secrets exposure
• Cross-user or cross-project access
• Prompt-injection/tool-abuse scenario
• Experience developing automated agent evaluation frameworks, test harnesses, or regression suites is strongly preferred.
• Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications
• Shell scripting / Bash
• PowerShell
• Prompt-injection and AI security testing

• Preference should be given to candidates who can demonstrate:
• Significant recent hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot or comparable enterprise AI coding platforms.
• Hands-on experience with OpenAI Codex or production coding-agent technologies.
• Multiple years of experience engineering and operating enterprise developer platforms, cloud platforms, or AI/ML platforms.
• Production experience administering developer-facing technology used by multiple engineering teams.
• Evidence of leading technically complex implementations rather than participating solely as an individual application developer.

About ApTask:
ApTask is a leading global provider of workforce solutions and talent acquisition services, dedicated to shaping the future of work. As an African American-owned and Veteran-owned company, ApTask offers a comprehensive suite of services, including staffing and recruitment solutions, managed services, IT consulting, and project management. With a focus on excellence, collaboration, and innovation, ApTask provides unparalleled opportunities for professional growth and development. As a member of the ApTask team, you will have the chance to connect businesses with top-tier professionals, optimize workforce performance, and drive success across diverse industries. Join us at ApTask and be part of our mission to empower organizations to thrive while fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

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