Agent Forward Engineer

About the role

Kyndryl is seeking a visionary Agentic AI Engineer to lead the design and deployment of AI agents, software that leverages them, and data that supports them. These agents will be used primarily in application development and application migration programs. You will build intelligent agents that reason, plan, and act across complex legacy environments, enabling scalable transformation to cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• 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

• 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.

Qualifications

• Experience with both modern and legacy application development.
• Experience in Legacy modernization assessments.
• Good understanding of Legacy technologies (AS400, IBM Mainframe, HP Tandem, etc).
• Experience in reverse engineering of legacy source to generate business requirements.
• Certifications in cloud architecture (e.g., Azure Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect), Agentic AI.
• Experience developing ML Models.
• Exposure to compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA) and secure migration practices.
• QA or Testing experience.

Benefits

Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies. Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment.