Senior Engineer - AI & Agentic Automation

About the role

Dentsu is hiring a Senior Engineer in its IT Operations department (AI, Automation & Tech Ops) in New York, on a hybrid basis. The role leads a small, high-output development team building AI-native applications and agentic automation systems. About 60-70% of the time is hands-on development, with 30-40% on technical leadership, code review and team coordination. The team uses AI-assisted tools such as Claude Code as its default workflow.

Key responsibilities

• Design and build agentic AI solutions: autonomous agents, skills, tool-use patterns and multi-step automation workflows using LLM platforms (Claude, OpenAI, Copilot)
• Develop AI-powered applications that replace manual processes with intelligent automation, using Flask/Python backends and React frontends deployed to Azure Container Apps
• Maintain MySQL database schemas, write performant SQL and build ETL pipelines
• Work within Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, enforce branch protection and Git discipline
• Lead onshore and offshore developers: code review, pairing, standards, hiring and onboarding
• Deliver within governance and compliance frameworks (ICF/JSOX, data privacy) and take part in requirements gathering

Required profile

• 5+ years of full-stack development with Python/Flask and React or equivalent
• Experience building agentic AI workflows and daily use of AI-assisted development tools
• Experience leading or mentoring a small, distributed team
• Bachelor's degree in CS, Data Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience

Required skills

• Azure (Container Apps, Key Vault, Azure Data Factory) and SQL (MySQL preferred)
• Git workflow, REST APIs and OAuth/SCIM integrations
• CI/CD in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Preferred: IAM systems (Okta, Entra ID), Docker, Azure certifications, Star Schema data modeling, DevOps/DataOps

What we offer

• Salary range of $139,289-$165,000
• Medical, vision and dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance
• 401k, flexible paid time off, at least 15 paid holidays, paid sick and safe leave and paid parental leave