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AI Agent Engineer (Agentic Systems) job description

This AI Agent Engineer job description is the spec our practice leads vet against: 6 responsibilities, 6 requirements, 4 nice-to-haves. Copy it, or hire a vetted specialist.

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  1. Role summary
  2. Responsibilities
  3. Requirements
  4. Nice-to-have
  5. What this role costs, by market

Role summary

We are hiring an AI Agent Engineer to design and run autonomous, tool-using AI systems that automate real business processes. You will architect multi-agent workflows, integrate enterprise tools safely, and build the tracing, evaluation and guardrails that let agents operate with confidence. Success means measurable automation, zero unapproved actions and a full audit trail for every run.

Responsibilities

  1. Architect multi-agent workflows (planner, executor, critic) in LangGraph, AutoGen or CrewAI.
  2. Integrate tools and enterprise APIs via MCP and function calling with least-privilege access.
  3. Implement memory, state management, human-in-the-loop checkpoints and rollback.
  4. Build agent tracing, evaluation harnesses and cost and safety guardrails.
  5. Harden agents against prompt injection and unsafe tool execution.
  6. Agree automation scope, approval points and success metrics with process owners.

Requirements

  1. 4+ years of software engineering, including production LLM or automation systems.
  2. Strong Python and experience designing reliable, stateful backend workflows.
  3. Hands-on with LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  4. Enterprise API integration with OAuth, scoped credentials and audit logging.
  5. Evaluation and observability practice for non-deterministic systems.
  6. Clear grasp of agent-specific security risks and their mitigations.

Experience bands offered by Remote Pro Ai (years) Mid 2–⁠5 · Senior 5–⁠9 · Lead 9+

Nice-to-have

  1. Durable execution with Temporal or a similar workflow engine.
  2. Tracing and evaluation with LangSmith or Arize.
  3. Automation delivered in finance, IT service or customer operations.
  4. Familiarity with human-oversight duties under the EU AI Act or ISO/IEC 42001.

What this role costs, by market

In-house figures are indicative annual gross salaries for a Senior-level direct hire, before employer costs such as social insurance, medical cover, visas, recruitment fees and equipment. Remote Pro Ai seats are monthly and all-inclusive. Remote Pro Ai’s base monthly rates for vetted Mid, Senior and Lead engineers are at least 30% below the median published by comparable vetted-talent vendors serving the GCC, and 37–⁠47% below the European and US medians (Remote Pro Ai price benchmark, October 2026). Design, marketing, business-development and sales seats are priced at the base band.

MarketIn-house annual gross salary (Senior)Remote Pro Ai monthly seat (Senior)
Saudi Arabia (SAR)480,000In your quote
United Arab Emirates (AED)684,000In your quote
Qatar (USD)—In your quote
United States (USD)—In your quote
Germany (EUR)—In your quote
United Kingdom (GBP)97,200In your quote

“—” means we do not yet publish an in-house benchmark for that market. Remote Pro Ai pricing is quotation-based; VAT shown separately.

GCC & Egypt Tech Talent Salary & Rate Guide 2026, Remote Pro Ai Research estimates: the midpoint of the Senior monthly gross range × 12. Benchmarks are updated every October. Updated: October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. The text is free to copy and adapt for your own vacancy, and the DOCX download keeps the formatting. It reflects the specification our practice leads use when they vet specialists for this role, so it doubles as a scope document when you brief stakeholders, recruiters or procurement.

Each responsibility and requirement maps to something we test. Candidates complete a live technical assessment scored by a practice lead, then a client-fit interview and reference checks. 3.4% of applicants pass 5 gates, and only those specialists appear on the shortlists we send.

Pay for the same role varies widely between Riyadh, Dubai and London, and employer costs differ again. Each figure is the annualised midpoint of the Senior range in our Salary & Rate Guide, so you can compare an in-house hire with an all-inclusive Remote Pro Ai seat on equal terms. Your exact Remote Pro Ai price comes from a quotation valid for 30 days.

Often, once employer costs and time-to-hire are counted: there is no placement fee (the only optional fee is the direct-hire conversion fee, under Direct hire conversion in the MSA), and the specialist starts within 4 working days instead of after a months-long search for a permanent hire. Remote Pro Ai’s base monthly rates for vetted Mid, Senior and Lead engineers are at least 30% below the median published by comparable vetted-talent vendors serving the GCC, and 37–⁠47% below the European and US medians (Remote Pro Ai price benchmark, October 2026).

Match the level to the scope. Mid specialists deliver well-defined work inside your architecture, Senior specialists own a component end to end, and Leads set direction and run the squad. This role is offered at Mid, Senior and Lead level, and the level line under Requirements shows the bands Remote Pro Ai can staff.