AI Engineer III

Job overview

The AI Engineer III role is listed in Durham, NC, and the posting describes a hybrid work arrangement; compensation is not specified. Victra is Verizon’s largest premium retailer in the United States and is building AI tools for store and business operations. This hands-on engineering role designs and builds AI-based systems and the platform connecting them to business data, systems, and teams with appropriate context, permissions, security, and auditability. It also establishes evaluation and monitoring practices, guides technical choices, and mentors early-career engineers.

What you'll do

• Build and ship employee-facing agent systems with evaluation and monitoring
• design the shared agent platform, including business context, permissions, runtime environments, and auditability
• guide agent frameworks and observability
• define safe stages for recommendations, approved actions, and autonomous execution
• collaborate on reference architectures
• evaluate build-versus-buy options and technical proposals
• mentor early-career engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

ai engineer iii

victra

durham nc

hybrid

artificial intelligence

agent systems

azure

cloud systems

python

platform architecture

evaluation and monitoring

mentoring

401(k)

tuition reimbursement

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Paid training and career development
• health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• tuition reimbursement
• employee discounts on Verizon services
• referral bonuses
• career pathing opportunities.

Why this role

The posting seeks five or more years building software or cloud systems, including three years delivering to cloud, production AI or agent-system experience, and Azure expertise. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, paid training, employee discounts, referral bonuses, and career development.

About the employer

Victra - Verizon Wireless Premium Retailer is hiring for this role. Industry: Electronics and Appliance Retailers. Sector: 44.