Agent Forward Engineer

Kyndryl

Agentic AI Engineer focusing on designing and deploying AI systems for application development and migration. Leading AI-driven modernization initiatives with global impact.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $115,080 - $218,520 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaMicroservicesPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement agentic AI systems that automate discovery, assessment, and migration of legacy applications.
Develop intelligent workflows for refactoring monolithic systems into microservices or serverless architectures.
Integrate AI agents with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) to orchestrate infrastructure provisioning, data migration, and validation.
Build reasoning engines that optimize migration paths based on cost, performance, and compliance.
Collaborate with architects, DevOps, and business stakeholders to align AI-driven modernization with enterprise goals.
Concentrate on building and integrating custom AI agents to solve specific, tactical customer problems.
Apply LLMs, graph reasoning, and planning to accelerate decision-making in migration scenarios.
Monitor agent performance, retrain models, and continuously improve autonomy and reliability.
Evaluate the effectiveness of prototypical agents through an understanding of both legacy and modern application development languages.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, AI, or related field
Experience in AI engineering, with a focus on agentic systems or autonomous workflows
10+ years of experience in application development
Deep understanding of application migration strategies (rehost, replatform, refactor, retire)
Experience having built and leveraged AI for software development
Proficiency in cloud-native development and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi)
Experience building autonomous agents using frameworks like Lang Chain, Semantic Kernel, or custom planners
Experience with LLMs, reinforcement learning, or multi-agent systems
Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or other modern languages.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical and dental coverage
disability
retirement benefits
paid leave
paid time off
discretionary annual bonus program

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI engineeringagentic systemsapplication migration strategiescloud-native developmentinfrastructure-as-codeprogramming in Pythonprogramming in Javabuilding autonomous agentsLLMsreinforcement learning

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingdecision-makingcontinuous improvement

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceMaster’s degree in computer sciencedegree in AI