Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer (Agentic Systems)
Primary Purpose and Goal of Role
We're looking for an AI-native, hands-on engineer who builds and ships production-ready software across the full stack, not just AI prototypes. You use tools like Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor to work faster, and you back them with sound engineering judgment, rigorous testing, and strong security practices. This is an engineering role, not a data science or research position.
The Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer – Agentic Systems will build and scale NISTCompliance.ai, Quzara's AI-enabled cybersecurity compliance platform. This senior, hands-on role designs, codes, tests, and ships production software across the full stack. It also covers building AI capabilities with leading large language models, including agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and document intelligence. The ideal candidate is an AI-native engineer who uses AI-assisted development tools to deliver secure, reliable, production-ready software, not prototypes.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and ship production features across frontend, backend, APIs, databases, and AI services
- Build AI-powered product capabilities using leading large language models and generative AI platforms
- Develop and improve retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, document intelligence, and knowledge-retrieval capabilities
- Integrate AI capabilities into existing application workflows and enterprise systems
- Build reliable evaluation, testing, monitoring, and observability for AI-powered functionality
- Develop secure, scalable APIs and backend services supporting AI-enabled applications
- Use AI-assisted coding tools extensively for repository analysis, development, testing, debugging, refactoring, and code review
- Diagnose complex engineering problems across application, AI, data, and cloud layers
- Contribute to architecture, engineering standards, code reviews, and technical mentoring
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and rapidly determine which capabilities are suitable for production use
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or equivalent
- SPHR or other HR certification preferred
- Minimum five years in human resources, preferably in a professional service or technology environment
- Minimum two years working in a virtual environment
- Experience with ADP preferred
- Authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
- Proficient in WORD, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, TEAMS
- Excels in employee relations
- Ability to recruit high caliber technology professionals with federal government experience
- Maintain and adjust HR policies to ensure clarify and ensure policy awareness within organization
- Comfortable collaborating in a virtual environment
- Ability to clearly articulate to management, field leads, and others preferred courses of action and rationale
- Identify legal issues and able to escalate timely when appropriate
- Ensure employee privacy in accordance with federal and state laws