AI Engineer (Digital Products & AI)

Location: Charlotte, NC, United States. Hybrid work requires being in the office or on a client site at least 2 days per week, with assignments potentially requiring up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Company

hirify.global is a global consulting firm combining strategy, technology, innovation, design, science, engineering, and digital expertise to help organizations transform.

What you will do

• Shape, design, build, and deploy production-grade digital products, AI agents, intelligent workflows, and modernized platforms.
• Architect agentic systems, including tool selection, memory and context management, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Build retrieval pipelines, MCP services, integrations, and components connecting AI capabilities with enterprise data and processes.
• Design security and operational resilience through access controls, identity management, deployment guardrails, and oversight of automated actions.
• Work directly with clients and multidisciplinary teams to define problems, sequence delivery, and balance speed, quality, security, and maintainability.
• Create reusable engineering patterns, skills, and tooling for future engagements.

Requirements

• Experience designing, building, and operating complex production software, including client-facing technical delivery at senior levels.
• Strong software engineering skills, ideally with Python and TypeScript.
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience building production AI applications and agent-based systems using orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar technologies.
• Experience building retrieval-enabled systems with technologies such as pgvector, Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch.
• Experience integrating applications with enterprise systems, data platforms, APIs, identity providers, and MCP-enabled services, plus strong communication and technical judgment.

Nice to have

• Experience in consulting, professional services, or as a technical founder.
• Experience in healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, energy and utilities, transportation, or consumer industries.
• Experience building reusable platforms, tooling, or AI solutions in regulated environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Purpose-led work addressing complex challenges with diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
• Inclusive workplace focused on equality, human difference, and professional growth.
• Medical, dental, vision, long-term care, and health savings account benefits.
• 401(k) savings plan with company profit-sharing contribution, performance-based bonus, and income protection benefits.
• 15 paid vacation days, 10 paid holidays, 10 paid sick days, and the option to purchase five additional vacation days.
• Commuter, parking, gym, pet, legal, and employee assistance benefits.