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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  
Work Authorization -US Citizen or Permanent Resident Only – C2C, C2H, and Visa sponsorship are not available at this time.

What’s Next?
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Kathryn.Jackson@swoontech.com