Manager Harness Engineer
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KPMG is seeking a Manager, Harness Engineer for its Clients, Technology & Innovation organization. The role owns the agent harness’s technical vision and architecture while remaining hands-on in production engineering, including agent orchestration, context pipelines, and evaluation infrastructure. It also involves mentoring engineers and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable outcomes in agile cycles.
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JOB REQUIREMENTS: Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team. KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, Harness Engineer to join our Clients, Technology & Innovation organization.Responsibilities: Own the technical vision and end-to-end architecture for the agent harness, prioritizing running production systems over static design diagrams Stay deeply hands-on by writing, reviewing, and shipping high-quality production code weekly while mentoring engineers through pair programming Own real production engineering, focusing on system hardening, scalability, reliability, and telemetry instrumentation (token consumption, latency, tool failure rates) across all agent steps Build and optimize the core agent loop (orchestration, state management, termination) and the tool layer (schemas, argument validation, error recovery) Engineer robust context pipelines (retrieval, prompt assembly, memory) and end-to-end evaluation infrastructure (golden datasets, trace-based scoring, CI regression suites) Facilitate collaborative sessions with stakeholders from engineers to the C-suite, delivering scalable, quantified outcomes in agile two-to-six-week cycles Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environmentQualifications: Minimum seven years of recent, hands-on experience shipping secure, end-to-end production software, with deep expertise in modern languages (Python, Go, Rust, or Java) and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud (GCP)) Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a STEM field or ten years of relevant practical experience Genuine fluency with modern AI harnesses, frontier... For full info follow application link. KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The attached link "https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/us/pdf/2018/09/eeo.pdf? "contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agencies please. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/B722DFFB28E749AD
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- Wisconsin median$129–246K/yr59 salary ranges
- US median$34–43/hr471 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 106 open Software Engineering jobs in Wisconsin and 8,695 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Education
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