- Company Name
- Pyramid Consulting, Inc
- Job Title
- AI Specialist III
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** AI Specialist III
**Role Summary:**
Design, build, and optimize autonomous AI agent solutions using AWS Bedrock and associated serverless services. Lead prompt engineering for multi‑step reasoning tasks, establish safety guardrails, and integrate agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Bedrock AgentCore) into production environments. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and research insights to advance agentic AI capabilities.
**Expectations:**
- 12‑month contract with potential extension.
- Remote or hybrid (preferred in Charlotte, NC).
- Deliver high‑quality code, documentation, and performance metrics.
- Mentor junior prompt engineers and guide cross‑functional teams.
- Stay abreast of latest research and incorporate innovations.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Design and implement agentic AI solutions (Agents, Knowledge Bases, Guardrails) on AWS Bedrock.
- Build serverless workflows with Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and S3.
- Engineer sophisticated prompts (chain‑of‑thought, tree‑of‑thought, ReAct, etc.) for autonomous agents.
- Create evaluation frameworks to measure agent performance, reliability, and safety.
- Integrate prompts with agent frameworks and foundational models.
- Optimize prompts for accuracy, efficiency, cost, and latency.
- Implement security guardrails (IAM, KMS, VPC).
- Document patterns, best practices, and design principles.
- Conduct independent research, present findings, and refine best practices.
- Coach and mentor junior team members; provide technical guidance to leadership.
- Translate complex ideas into user stories and actionable development tasks.
**Required Skills:**
- 5–9 years software development experience (Java or Python).
- 3+ years in prompt engineering, AI/ML, or related fields.
- Deep knowledge of LLMs (Claude) and agentic frameworks (ReAct, Plan‑and‑Execute, Reflection).
- Proficiency with AWS Bedrock (Agents, Knowledge Bases, Guardrails, foundational models).
- Expertise in AWS serverless services: Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3.
- Strong command of Python and AI agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain).
- Familiarity with Terraform and HashiCorp Consul Platform (HCP).
- Experience in API design, integration, and tool‑use patterns for AI agents.
- Solid understanding of AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, VPC).
- Ability to analyze and optimize databases and functional programming concepts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer, or Security) are advantageous but not mandatory.