AI Engineer | Digital Products & AI

Location: Charlotte, NC, United States. Hybrid working requires being in the office or on a client site a minimum of 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 delivering strategy, innovation, digital products, AI solutions, and technology services across consumer and manufacturing, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

What you will do

• Shape, design, build, and deploy production digital products, AI agents, intelligent workflows, and modernized platforms directly with clients.
• Architect AI solutions using tool selection, memory and context management, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Build agentic-system components, including retrieval pipelines, MCP services, integrations, and connections to enterprise data and processes.
• Modernize platforms and applications, rebuilding legacy capabilities where necessary to meet current business needs.
• Design security and operational resilience through access controls, identity management, deployment guardrails, and oversight of automated actions.
• Break down complex problems into deliverable components and create reusable patterns, skills, and tooling for future engagements.

Requirements

• Experience designing, building, and delivering complex technology solutions in production environments.
• Experience building and operating production software; client-facing technical delivery experience is expected at senior levels.
• Strong software engineering skills, ideally including Python and TypeScript.
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience building AI applications and agent-based systems in production, including orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar technologies.
• Experience building retrieval-enabled systems with technologies such as pgvector, Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch, with an understanding of trade-offs between retrieval quality, latency, and cost.
• Experience integrating applications with enterprise systems, data platforms, APIs, identity providers, and MCP-enabled services.
• Strong technical judgment and communication skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and work directly with clients and multidisciplinary teams while balancing delivery speed, quality, security, and maintainability.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering solutions in consulting or professional services, or experience 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

• Inclusive workplace focused on equality, diverse mindsets, and meaningful client and community impact.
• Group medical, dental, and vision insurance, Health Savings Account with company match, Teladoc, and nurse-line resources.
• 401(k) savings plan with company profit-sharing contribution, income protection benefits, and financial well-being support.
• 15 paid vacation days with the option to buy five additional days, plus 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days.
• Commuter and parking tax-savings benefit, gym and health incentive reimbursement, pet and legal insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan.
• Annual performance-based bonus and access to growth opportunities and purpose-led work.