AI Delivery Engineer - AWS Bedrock

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Together, we are changing the world’s relationship with financial services. At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered.

The Opportunity

As an AI Delivery Engineer on PwC’s client-facing Generative AI team, you work alongside client teams to turn business problems into AI applications that people use every day. You join a multidisciplinary delivery pod and take work from first discovery workshop through prototype, production release, and handoff to the client’s own engineers. 70% of your time is spent building on Amazon Bedrock and related AWS services, 30% working directly with client users and technical teams.

Responsibilities

Map client workflows with business users and process owners, then define use cases, delivery backlogs, and measurable acceptance criteria

Build working prototypes early and test them against representative client data and user feedback

Develop agent workflows, retrieval and grounding, tool calling, and APIs using Python, Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock AgentCore, and Bedrock Knowledge Bases

Integrate AI solutions with client systems using AWS Lambda, Amazon SageMaker, and approved data sources, with authentication and permission-aware access through AWS IAM

Write automated tests and AI evaluations, and build deployment pipelines, monitoring, and error handling

Assess each solution against agreed release criteria for quality, safety, latency, reliability, and cost

Configure Amazon Bedrock Guardrails and work with security, privacy, and risk specialists to turn requirements into technical controls, audit evidence, and human review steps

Co-build with client engineers and provide documentation, runbooks, and knowledge transfer so the client team can operate the solution

Contribute reusable components, evaluation assets, and implementation patterns to PwC’s engineering community, within client confidentiality and IP obligations

Support pursuits through technical demonstrations, feasibility assessments, and delivery estimates

What You Must Have

4+ years of experience building and deploying production software

3+ years of experience writing Python in production

3+ years of experience building on AWS, including AWS Lambda and AWS IAM

1+ year of experience building applications that use LLMs, including retrieval, structured outputs, tool calling, or agent workflows

Experience working directly with clients or business stakeholders to clarify requirements and demonstrate progress

Experience with version control, automated testing, and deployment pipelines

Ability to travel once or twice a month for on-site work with clients

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

What Sets You Apart

Delivery experience with Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock AgentCore, Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Bedrock Guardrails, or Amazon SageMaker

Experience building at least one production application on AWS that calls a foundation model through Amazon Bedrock or another model API

Experience building evaluation datasets, adversarial tests, or AI observability for a production system

Experience with enterprise search, document processing, or structured and unstructured data pipelines

Experience building tools or integrations using APIs or Model Context Protocol

Proficiency in a second language such as TypeScript, Java, or Go

AWS Certifications, such as Solutions Architect – Professional or Associate, or Certified Generative AI Developer

Experience in financial services, consumer markets, or technology, media, and telecommunications, which make up PwC's client base

Experience mentoring engineers

Compensation

- The salary range for the Senior Engineer is 135 - 170k. The salary range for the Staff Engineer is 164 - 220k.

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

Disclaimers

-As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.

- PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy .

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

-For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.

- Expected Travel Requirements: 20 - 40%, mostly M - Th on those weeks that require it.

-Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines

Our success over the past 20 years is rooted in our exceptional team, which thrives in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

We are proud to offer our employees a range of benefits, including competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and flexible work arrangements, all designed to help them thrive. As we continue to expand, we remain committed to cultivating an environment where people feel valued, have a voice, and are given the tools to grow—both personally and professionally—while pushing the boundaries of innovation in the fintech industry.

Minimum Degree Required:

Bachelor’s Degree, in lieu of a degree, demonstrating in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college is required