🤖 AI Automation Engineer (Agentic AI) – $90–$100/hour Remote

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🤖 AI Automation Engineer (Agentic AI) – Remote | Braintrust Are you an experienced AI Automation Engineer, AI Developer, or Software Engineer with strong Python, TypeScript, and agentic AI experience? Braintrust is looking for a senior AI Automation Engineer to design and build production-grade AI agents that automate real-world business processes. This is a hands-on engineering role for professionals who can understand complex business workflows, redesign them for automation, and build reliable AI-agent systems from the ground up. 💼 Job Details Position: AI Automation Engineer – Agentic AI Category: Engineering Job Type: Freelance / Independent Contractor Experience: 5–10 years Rate: 💰 $90–$100/hour Location: 🇺🇸 United States | 🇨🇦 Canada + 6 more Regions: US, Canada & LATAM Hours: 40 hours/week Duration: Short-term, initial 3 months Extension: Likely based on performance Timezone: MST/MDT, PST/PDT/CIST + 2 more BTRST Referral: +17,826 ⚠️ Important: U.S. business-hours overlap and the listed timezone requirements apply. 🧠 What You’ll Do The selected engineer will: Translate business processes into AI automation opportunities Map current workflows and redesign them for automation Build AI agents from scratch Develop multi-agent systems and orchestration Deploy agents using Azure Container Apps and Azure Function Apps Integrate agents with business systems, tools, and data Manage state, memory, tool use, and agent handoffs Optimize AI models for cost, latency, and performance Add testing, evaluation, observability, error handling, and guardrails Work independently from process discovery through production deployment 💻 Required Skills Strong candidates should have experience with: ✅ Python and/or TypeScript ✅ Artificial Intelligence ✅ AI Agent Development ✅ Agent Orchestration ✅ Multi-Agent Systems ✅ APIs & Software Engineering ✅ Azure Container Apps ✅ Azure Function Apps ✅ Version Control ✅ Testing & CI/CD ✅ Model Cost Optimization Experience using modern coding tools such as Codex and Claude Code is specifically valued. ⭐ Nice to Have Additional experience in: AI agent evaluation and observability Azure AI Services Azure OpenAI Azure data and integration services Enterprise CRM/ERP systems Ticketing systems and data warehouses Business-process reengineering Management consulting Professional services or client delivery 🎯 What Success Looks Like During the first 90 days, the successful candidate is expected to: 🚀 Deliver at least one agentic AI system into production on Azure 📊 Automate a previously manual business process 🔄 Create current-state and future-state process maps 💰 Establish repeatable and cost-efficient AI agent development patterns 🌎 Who Should Apply? This opportunity is ideal for senior AI engineers and developers who can do more than build prompts or connect no-code tools. The company is looking for someone who can architect, code, deploy, optimize, and maintain production-ready AI agents. Apply Now