AI Agent Developer
Full-time AI agent developers in India and the Philippines, on your US hours, from $3,000/mo.
Exordiom places full-time AI agent developers from India and the Philippines who build AI agents that call tools, run multi-step workflows and hand off to people. They own the tools, evals and limits behind reliable agents, on a full shift during US hours. Hiring one through Exordiom starts at $3,000 per month, with candidate profiles in 48 hours.
Get AI agent developer profilesQuick facts
| Role | AI agent developer |
|---|---|
| SOC code | 15-1252 (closest BLS category) |
| US median pay | $135,980 a year (BLS, May 2025) |
| Exordiom starting price | $3,000 per month per full-time seat |
| Time to profiles | 48 hours |
| Time to first hire | As little as 10 days (full team in 2 to 3 weeks) |
| Talent markets | India and the Philippines |
| US-hours coverage | Full shift during your US business hours |
Role highlights
What does an AI agent developer do?
Builds agents that take real actions in your systems, safely.
What skills and stack should an AI agent developer have?
Python or TypeScript, tool calling, LangGraph or a similar framework, MCP, evals and tracing.
What seniority should I hire?
Look for 3+ years of software engineering and one agent run in production with measured task success.
Where does Exordiom recruit AI agent developers?
Our in-region recruiters work across India and the Philippines, with profiles in 48 hours and a first hire in as little as 10 days.
Will an offshore AI agent developer work US hours?
Yes. A full shift during your US business hours, in your Slack and standups.
How much does it cost to hire an AI agent developer offshore?
| Option | Cost |
|---|---|
| US AI agent developer, average base salary, AI engineer (closest Built In category) | $184,757 a year, about $15,400 a month before benefits and taxes |
| US median, closest BLS category (SOC 15-1252) | $135,980 a year |
| Exordiom AI agent developer | From $3,000 a month, about $18.75 an hour over 160 hours |
Exordiom is a monthly subscription with no long-term commitment. Billing starts after your hire starts, and every seat includes a 10-day no-cost replacement.
Who is hiring AI agent developers in India and the Philippines?
Companies with open AI agent and forward deployed engineering roles in India and the Philippines, October 2026:
Companies like LaunchDarkly invest in AI engineering talent like this through Exordiom. LaunchDarkly hired “someone with the technical depth to actually build and ship agents rather than just experiment with them.” Rhonda Baldwin, CIO at LaunchDarkly. Read the testimonial
How does hiring an AI agent developer with Exordiom work?
- 1
Share your spec.
The workflow the agent should run, your tools and the level you need.
- 2
Review profiles in 48 hours.
Every candidate has passed an AI interview built from your spec plus human rounds.
- 3
Meet and choose.
You run one final conversation and make the call.
- 4
Start on US hours.
We handle the offer, payroll, compliance and equipment, then check in through Hypercare.
Full role guide: responsibilities, skills, interview questions and India vs Philippines
Core responsibilities
- Break a business workflow into steps an agent can run with tools
- Define tools and APIs with clear inputs, outputs and permissions
- Manage context and memory so the agent stays on task
- Build task-level evals and replay real traces before each release
- Set limits on spend, retries and actions, with human approval where needed
- Trace every run so failures can be found and fixed
- Measure task success and cost per task, and report both
Skills that separate strong AI agent developers
| Skill | What good looks like |
|---|---|
| Workflow design | Knows which steps need an agent and which need plain code |
| Tool design | Writes narrow, well-described tools the model calls correctly |
| Evaluation | Scores full tasks, beyond single responses, on a fixed test set |
| Safety | Adds permissions, rate limits and human approval for risky actions |
| Observability | Uses traces to find the exact step where a run failed |
| Communication | Explains what the agent can and cannot do to the team that uses it |
Interview questions and how Exordiom vets
- Walk me through an agent you shipped. How did you measure task success?
- Your agent loops on a tool call and burns budget. How do you find and stop it?
- When would you use a fixed workflow instead of a free-running agent?
- How do you design a tool so the model calls it correctly?
- Which actions should need human approval, and how do you build that in?
- Explain an agent failure to a business owner in two sentences.
Red flags: demos with no evals, no tracing, and no limits on what the agent can do.
Exordiom recruits employed engineers, never a bench. Each candidate completes an AI interview built from your spec, then human rounds that score character, acumen, grit and experience. After the start, Hypercare check-ins run at week 1, week 2 and every four weeks from week 6, with you and your hire separately.
India vs Philippines for AI agent developers
India is Exordiom's main market for AI and engineering roles, and companies such as Sarvam AI, Databricks, Notion and Cursor list agent and forward deployed engineering roles in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi. In the Philippines, Netskope is hiring AI agent developers in Taguig, along with agent quality and agent release roles. In both markets your developer works a full shift on US hours. For team design, read staffing the team that ships your AI agents.
FAQ
What does an AI agent developer do?
An AI agent developer builds AI agents that call tools and run multi-step workflows, with evals, limits and a handoff to a person.
How much does it cost to hire an AI agent developer through Exordiom?
Pricing starts at $3,000 per month for one full-time seat. Exordiom is a monthly subscription with no long-term commitment, and billing starts after your hire starts.
How fast can I hire an AI agent developer with Exordiom?
You see candidate profiles within 48 hours, and your first hire can be live in as little as 10 days.
Will an offshore AI agent developer work my hours?
Yes. Exordiom engineers in India and the Philippines work a full shift during your US business hours.
What if the hire is not the right fit?
Every seat includes a 10-day no-cost replacement, and Hypercare check-ins catch gaps early.
Hire an AI agent developer on your US hours
Tell us which workflow the agent should run, and we send profiles within 48 hours.
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