Senior AWS Agentic AI Developer (Contractor)

Who We Are: 

WHY Brands Inc., a parent company of Munchkin, Inc., focuses on creating, incubating, and growing the next generation of consumer lifestyle brands. Founded in 1990, Munchkin is the leading consumer product company and most loved baby lifestyle brand behind the innovative gear and products for children, mothers, and caregivers. Munchkin has sold billions of dollars of products through our key retail partners: Target, Walmart, and Amazon and has global distribution in over 50 countries. With over 350+ patents under our belt and over 250 international product and brand design awards, we continue to create solutions that leave our customers asking, "how did I ever live without this?" Innovation is the core of our company DNA and has been driving our designs for over 30 years!  Recognized as #8 on America’s Most Innovative Companies list by Fortune Magazine, innovation is the core of our company DNA and has been driving our designs for 30 years!  

Independent Contractor Assignment:  

Munchkin/WHY Brands is seeking a qualified Senior AWS Agentic AI Developer to build secure, production-ready AI applications and intelligent automation systems. This is a hands-on contract role for someone who can turn AI concepts into reliable solutions integrated with enterprise data, APIs, business workflows, and internal tools.

Formal years-of-experience requirements are not necessary. Demonstrated capability, relevant work samples, and the ability to deliver secure, maintainable solutions are the primary considerations.

This project is expected to run for approximately 3-6 months. The contractor will be engaged in services of an anticipated commitment of up to 15-20 hours per week. 

Independent Contractor Assignment Scope of Work: 

• Design and develop agentic AI solutions using AWS, including Amazon Bedrock
• Build AI agents, RAG systems, APIs, automations, and enterprise integrations
• Connect AI solutions with internal tools, databases, Jira, Workfront, Oracle, and other business systems
• Implement security, access controls, logging, monitoring, testing, and governance safeguards
• Develop clean, modular, maintainable, and production-ready code
• Collaborate with AI, Security, DevOps, data, and business teams
• Document architecture, deployment processes, system setup, and ongoing support requirements
• Help evaluate existing prototypes and move promising solutions toward secure enterprise deployment
• Other scope of work may be assigned 

Independent Contractor Requirements 

• Demonstrated ability to design and deploy secure AWS-based AI applications
• Practical experience with LLMs, AI agents, tool calling, RAG, APIs, and workflow automation
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, IAM, security, databases, and cloud deployment practices
• Experience with Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar development technologies
• Ability to integrate AI systems with enterprise data and business workflows
• Ability to write clean, modular, readable, and maintainable code
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills
• Portfolio, GitHub profile, or examples of relevant work preferred

Hourly Range: $50 to $80 (DOE)  

Munchkin welcomes and values what makes everyone unique.  We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires for our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We recruit, employ, train, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic, or any other protected status. 

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