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PNC Bank 
6-month contract to hire 
$80/hr W2 
Hybrid opportunity 4 days a week in Dallas, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Denver, or Birmingham!
 
I have an Agentic AI Architect and Agentic AI Engineering opportunity
 
 
Top Skills' Details
5+ years of software engineering experience.
2+ years of experience developing AI-powered applications, copilots, or agent-based solutions.
 
Experience with:
Microsoft Agent Framework
Semantic Kernel
Azure OpenAI Service
Azure AI Foundry
Azure AI Search
REST APIs and enterprise integrations
 
Strong programming skills in:
Python
JavaScript/TypeScript (preferred)
Experience building cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure.
Experience implementing testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting practices for production systems.
 
Secondary Skills - Nice to Haves
Python
Automation
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
agentic framework
azure
azure ai foundary
 
Job Description
PNC is seeking a Senior Agentic AI Engineer to design, develop, and implement enterprise-grade agentic AI solutions using the Microsoft Agent Framework. This role is responsible for hands-on development, integration, testing, and deployment of intelligent agents, tools, workflows, and orchestration capabilities that support business objectives within a governed AI ecosystem.
 
The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering skills with expertise in AI application development, agent frameworks, orchestration patterns, and enterprise systems integration.
 
Key Responsibilities:
Agent Development & Engineering--
Refactor and migrate prioritized Knowledge Search capabilities from Semantic Kernel to the Microsoft Agent Framework.
Design, build, and configure intelligent agents to support business workflows and user interactions.
Develop reusable agent capabilities, tools, plugins, and orchestration components.
Implement agent collaboration, routing, delegation, and execution patterns.
Optimize agent performance, scalability, reliability, and response quality.
 
 
Framework & Platform Development--
Develop solutions leveraging the Microsoft Agent Framework and Azure AI services.
Build and maintain integrations between agents, enterprise applications, APIs, and external systems.
Implement agent lifecycle management, state management, and memory patterns.
Create reusable engineering standards, libraries, and development accelerators.
Support platform enhancements and framework modernization initiatives.
 
 
Governance & Decisioning Integration--
Integrate agents with Decision OS policies, directives, and governance controls.
Implement guardrails, access controls, monitoring, and policy enforcement mechanisms.
Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise security, compliance, and Responsible AI standards.
Support auditability, observability, and operational monitoring requirements.
 
 
Testing & Quality Engineering--
Develop and execute testing strategies for agent workflows and orchestration scenarios.
Create automated testing and validation frameworks.
Troubleshoot and resolve performance, reliability, and integration issues.
Support user acceptance testing and demonstration activities, including Midland showcase initiatives.
Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering best practices.
 
 
Cross-Functional Collaboration--
Partner with architects, product owners, data teams, and business stakeholders.
Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and technical workshops.
Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams to ensure alignment with target-state design.
Provide recommendations on emerging AI engineering practices and technologies.
 
 
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
5+ years of software engineering experience.
2+ years of experience developing AI-powered applications, copilots, or agent-based solutions.
Experience with:
Microsoft Agent Framework
Semantic Kernel
Azure OpenAI Service
Azure AI Foundry
Azure AI Search
REST APIs and enterprise integrations
 
Strong programming skills in:
Python
JavaScript/TypeScript (preferred)
Experience building cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure.
Experience implementing testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting practices for production systems.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
Experience developing multi-agent solutions.
Financial services or regulated industry experience.
Knowledge of enterprise governance and Responsible AI frameworks.
Azure certifications and/or AI certifications.
Experience with event-driven architectures and microservices.
Familiarity with Decision OS or enterprise decisioning platforms.
 
 
Top Skills
Technical Skills
1. Microsoft Agent Framework Development
Agent design and implementation
Tool and function integration
Agent configuration and deployment
Multi-agent orchestration
 
2. Semantic Kernel Migration Experience
Refactoring AI applications
Framework modernization
Prompt and workflow migration
Compatibility and integration planning
 
3. LLM & Agent Engineering
Prompt engineering
Agent instructions and reasoning
Function calling
Context management
Agent memory patterns
 
4. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Azure AI Search
Vector search
Knowledge retrieval
Enterprise search architectures
 
5. Software Engineering
Python
API development
Unit and integration testing
 
6. Cloud & Azure
Azure OpenAI Service
Azure AI Foundry
Azure Functions
Containerized workloads
CI/CD pipelines
 
7. Governance & Security
Policy enforcement
Access controls
Audit logging
Responsible AI implementation
Enterprise compliance standards
Professional Skills
 
8. Problem Solving
Troubleshooting complex workflows
Root cause analysis
Production issue resolution
 
9. Collaboration
Working with architects and product teams
Agile delivery
Cross-functional communication
 
10. Continuous Learning
Emerging AI technologies
Agentic AI trends
Engineering best practices