AI Engineer III

Preferred Travel Group • US,

20h • $170,000 - $190,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking to hire a curious, hands-on, innovative, and results-oriented AI Automation Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and transforming ideas into practical business solutions. This role translates business processes into AI-driven agents and automated workflows that integrate cleanly into enterprise systems, freeing associates to perform other tasks. As Preferred continues to expand its use of AI and intelligent automation, this position will play a critical role in identifying opportunities to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and accelerate innovation across the business. Success in this role comes from being able to take a proof of concept developed by others and quickly turn it into production-ready, maintainable solutions. Success also requires the ability to balance speed with quality, simplify complex technical concepts, and implement reliable AI-driven automation that can be adopted and scaled across the organization. The individual will consistently deliver solutions that are robust, well-documented, and aligned with business goals while maintaining high standards of engineering excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience with API-driven system integration and service-based architectures in production environments.
• Hands-on experience building and operating AI-driven automation or agent-based systems.
• Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, version control, testing, and CI/CD.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver automation with measurable business impact.
• Experience with Generative AI, LLM-based agents, tool/function calling, and orchestration frameworks.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise applications and workflows.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and cost management for AI systems.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Microsoft AI products (such as Copilot, and AI Foundry)
• Strong analytical skills with a bias toward quantitative evaluation of outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate AI agents that perform multi-step reasoning, decision-making, and task execution across enterprise systems.
• Develop agent-based solutions using LLMs, tools/function calling, memory, and orchestration frameworks to automate end-to-end business processes.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify high-impact automation opportunities and translate them into AI agent designs.
• Provide technical leadership, design guidance, and mentorship to engineers working on AI and automation initiatives.
• Contribute to architectural standards, best practices, and documentation for agent-based AI systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level