Forward Deployed Agent Builder (Remote)

Progressive Leasing • Remote - MI, MI

38d • Remote

About The Position

Progressive Leasing is seeking a Forward Deployed Agent Builder to collaborate with business and product teams to design, build, and deploy AI agents for real-world workflows. This role combines agent engineering, product thinking, and stakeholder communication to translate business challenges into scalable AI solutions. The position is key to accelerating the company's AI-first strategy by delivering impactful agents across the organization. The company emphasizes opportunity for inclusive collaboration, innovation, and development, operating as an AI-first FinTech organization focused on lease-to-own solutions. They value speed, big thinking, and purposeful building, empowering teams to experiment with intelligent systems. The future of work is seen as agentic, and the company is actively building it.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with agent frameworks, including LangChain and LangGraph
• Proficiency designing and implementing multi-agent systems and architectures
• Experience building RAG pipelines and working with vector databases
• Strong API integration skills and familiarity with enterprise systems
• Comfort with observability and evaluation tooling for AI systems
• Excellent communication skills and a product design sensibility

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Copilot Studio and the Microsoft Power Platform
• Familiarity with MCP and Skills-based agent architectures
• Experience with AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor or Claude
• Forward-deployed or solution engineering background

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and product teams to frame complex problems and translate requirements into agent workflows, tools, and data architectures
• Design and build agent workflows using LangChain and LangGraph, including multi-agent architectures such as ReAct and supervisor models
• Architect and implement end-to-end RAG pipelines using Copilot, integrating with vector databases including Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, and pgvector
• Build and optimize short-term and long-term memory systems, managing context handling and continuity across agent interactions
• Integrate agents into enterprise systems via APIs, MCP, and platform connectors
• Develop business application agents using Copilot Studio, Power Automate, and Power Apps, with integrations into Microsoft Graph, Teams, and SharePoint
• Design intuitive, usable AI experiences with a strong product and UX mindset
• Optimize agent performance for latency, cost, and accuracy; apply observability and evaluation tools to measure and improve outcomes
• Communicate solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Full Health Benefits; Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance + Paid Parental Leave
• Company Matched 401k
• Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Time
• Diversity Alliance Resource Groups
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Charitable Gift Matching
• Job Required Equipment & Services Will Be Provided

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed