Senior Agentic AI Engineer

As a Senior Agentic AI Engineer at Hyundai Capital America, you will design, build, and harden production-grade AI agents that use large language models to reason, invoke tools, retrieve enterprise knowledge, and recover from errors. This role will operate independently, partner closely with architecture, product, governance, and UX, and actively drive AI initiatives from prototype through production.

What You Will Do

Design, build, and deploy multi-step prompt chains for complex reasoning, planning, tool integration, and error recovery; Author and maintain robust prompt libraries; Develop agent workflows using function calling, graph-based orchestration, or similar agent frameworks; Integrate agents with enterprise tools, APIs, and data sources; Define safe tool use patterns, permissions, and auditing strategies; Define and run offline and online evaluations for agent behavior; Diagnose failure modes such as hallucinations, prompt injection, and tool misuse.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will bring a minimum of 8 years' progressive experience, including 3+ years in applied AI or backend engineering, and strong proficiency with Python; Experience with agent frameworks, AI content generation, chatbots, or automated workflows; Knowledge of safety filters, jailbreak resistance, and red-team tactics; Automotive or financial services industries preferred; Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related field.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years' progressive experience
• 3+ years in applied AI or backend engineering
• Strong proficiency with Python
• Experience with agent frameworks
• AI content generation, chatbots, or automated workflows
• Knowledge of safety filters, jailbreak resistance, and red-team tactics
• Automotive or financial services industries preferred
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related field

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule offering 4 on-site days and 1 remote day per week
• Vehicle benefits designed around your role, including monthly allowances and purchase and lease discounts
• Flexible health coverage with medical, dental, and vision plans, including no cost and low-cost options
• Annual employer HSA contribution to help offset healthcare expenses
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting
• 100% company paid life and disability insurance
• Wellbeing programs at no cost to you, including gym benefits and health resources
• Generous parental leave to support growing families
• Paid Volunteer Time Off, plus a company donation to a charity of your choice