Systems Engineer

Location: San Mateo,California
Expected Start Date: Sep 28, 2026

Swoon is actively hiring an AI Systems Engineer to join the team!

This is a 9-month contract located in California!

What your day-to-day will look like

• Build AI tools that improve how teams work by developing LLM-powered applications, agentic workflows, and intelligent automation for IT, Information Security, HR, and Legal.
• Design and maintain custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that securely connect AI agents with internal systems, data, and business processes.
• Automate the complete employee lifecycle , expanding existing offboarding automation to streamline onboarding, leave-of-absence, provisioning, access, and asset-management processes.
• Turn manual processes into scalable solutions by partnering with stakeholders to identify pain points, gather requirements, and build reliable automations with measurable business impact.
• Develop production-ready integrations and automation using Python, PowerShell, or Bash within Microsoft Azure and CI/CD environments.
• Experiment with emerging AI capabilities through proofs of concept that evaluate LLM APIs, prompt engineering, agentic systems, and integration platforms such as Workato.
• Collaborate across global technical teams , including colleagues in Japan, to solve complex problems, communicate technical recommendations, and document architectural decisions through RFCs, runbooks, and internal guides.

What's Required / Technical Skills

• AI and LLM Development - 3 years of Hands-on experience building or integrating LLM-based tools, AI agents, agentic workflows, or MCP servers using APIs such as OpenAI or Anthropic.
• Strong Programming and Scripting - Fluency in Python, PowerShell, or Bash, supported by solid software-development practices, readable code, Git, testing, and CI/CD.
• Systems Integration and Automation - Experience designing scalable integrations and automating employee lifecycle, identity, access, provisioning, asset-management, or other internal business processes.
• Cloud and Security Fundamentals - Hands-on cloud experience-preferably Microsoft Azure-along with a working understanding of identity, cybersecurity, networking, storage, and secure system design.
• Cross-Functional and Global Collaboration - Strong communication and requirements-gathering skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders and work effectively with globally distributed teams.

What else you should know?
Job Title: AI Systems Engineer
Contract Role - 9-month contract
Location - California
Hourly Rate - $50 - $60 an hour


What's Next?
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