AI_API Engineer - Agentic AI Solutions - Associate Manager

Experience: 6- 8 years

Job Summary:
We are building a next-generation Agentic AI capability within Payroll, combining business expertise with engineering to automate and scale operations.

As an AI / API Engineer, you will design and build agentic AI solutions integrated with enterprise systems, while also mentoring internal talent transitioning into AI roles.

This role combines hands-on engineering, solution design, and enablement.

Roles & Responsibilities:
Build Agentic AI Solutions

Design and develop AI-driven workflows using LLMs (e.g., OpenAI, Azure OpenAI)

Implement multi-step "agentic" solutions combining reasoning, tools, and data

Ensure reliability, accuracy, and scalability of AI outputs

Connect AI solutions to internal systems via APIs

Design and implement REST API integrations (authentication, data exchange)

Work with structured and unstructured data across multiple sources

Collaborate with payroll SMEs to understand real-world challenges

Break down problems into scalable AI + API architectures

Deliver production-ready solutions (not just prototypes)

Support upskilling of selected payroll professionals into AI engineers

Provide guidance, code reviews, and best practices

Contribute to building internal AI engineering capability

Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

Implement error handling, logging, and debugging practices

Contribute to reusable components and scalable design patterns

6-8 years of experience in software engineering or related roles

Experience building real-world solutions, not just prototypes or courses

Strong ownership and ability to work in ambiguous environments

Interest in applied AI (not research-focused roles)

Ability and willingness to mentor and enable others

AI solutions successfully integrated with payroll systems

Reduction in manual effort through automation

Internal team members successfully upskilled into AI roles

Scalable and reusable AI solution patterns established

Combine engineering + business impact. This is not pure research or data science role. We are looking for hands-on engineers who can build and integrate AI solutions into real business workflows

Work on cutting-edge agentic AI use cases in a real enterprise environment

Play a key role in building internal AI capability at scale

Opportunity to shape how AI is applied in global payroll operations

approaches for sustained competitive advantage.

Professional & Technical Skills:

a. Strong Python development skills

Hands-on experience with APIs

REST APIs, authentication (OAuth, tokens) System integration experience

Experience with LLM-based solutions

i. OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or similar

ii. Prompt structuring and tool/function usage

Strong problem-solving and system design skills

i. Ability to design end-to-end workflows

ii. Debugging complex, multi-component systems

Additional Information:
- The ideal candidate will possess a strong educational background in computer science or a related field, along with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions on Agentic AI

Experience: 6- 8 years