Next Gen Software Solutions LLC · 4 hours ago
Agentic AI Developer - Python | Contract W2
Berkeley Heights, NJ
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
$55/hr - $60/hrNext Gen Software Solutions LLC is a trusted provider of IT Staffing and consulting services dedicated to empowering businesses with cutting-edge technology solutions. They are seeking a strong Agentic AI developer who can build and productionize Vertex AI–based RAG systems and design reliable tool-using agents.
Information Technology & Services
Hiring Manager
Phanendra P
Responsibilities
Design and implement RAG pipelines on Google Cloud / Vertex AI (chunking, embeddings, indexing, retrieval, reranking, grounding)
Build agentic workflows (tool use, planning, reflection/guardrails, structured outputs) using Python-first frameworks
Integrate agents with Graph DBs (e.g., Neo4j, JanusGraph, Neptune) and Vector DBs (e.g., Vertex Vector Search, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, pgvector)
Create robust data ingestion/ETL from PDFs, docs, webpages, and internal sources; implement metadata strategy and access control
Define and run evaluation (retrieval metrics, answer quality, hallucination/grounding checks), and improve system quality iteratively
Ship to production: APIs , monitoring/observability, cost/performance optimization, CI/CD, and security best practices
Qualification
Required
Strong Python (clean architecture, async, testing, typing, packaging)
Proven experience building RAG solutions (hybrid search, reranking, chunking strategies, embeddings, prompt + schema design)
Hands-on with Vertex AI and GCP fundamentals (IAM, logging/monitoring, Cloud Run/GKE, storage)
Experience with at least one agentic framework (e.g., LangGraph/LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen) and tool/function calling patterns
Solid knowledge of vector search concepts and at least one vector DB in production
Comfortable with graph data modeling and graph querying (Cypher/Gremlin/SPARQL basics)
Strong engineering practices: code reviews, testing, telemetry, secure-by-design, reliability mindset
Preferred
Knowledge graphs for RAG (entity linking, graph traversal + retrieval fusion)
Streaming/messaging (Pub/Sub, Kafka), document pipelines (Document AI), and multilingual retrieval
Experience with evaluation tooling (RAGAS, TruLens, custom eval harnesses), prompt/version management
Frontend integration (basic React/Next.js) or platform enablement (internal developer tooling)
Company
Next Gen Software Solutions LLC
🔹 Welcome to NextGen Software Solutions Where innovation meets precision. Growth meets impact.
Founded in 2019
51-200 employees
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