AirTrunk

Staff AI Engineer

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2 months ago
Melbourne, AustraliaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and build agentic AI applications that plan tasks, use tools, manage context and memory, and adapt to results.
  • Write and review production code, shape application architecture, and develop APIs, backend services, distributed systems and enterprise integrations.
  • Take AI applications from prototypes through production and ongoing support, including automated tests, agent evaluations, controlled releases and operational monitoring.
  • Support deployment and operational readiness across Azure, Databricks and related services, including safe recovery from interruptions and prevention of repeated actions.
  • Build privacy, security and responsible AI controls involving access permissions, protected credentials, human review, identity, authorization and model or tool risks.
  • Lead complex technical work, make architectural decisions, mentor engineers, influence cross-functional teams and share reusable tools and practices.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering or a related discipline, including hands-on delivery and operation of complex production systems and agentic applications.
  • Strong software architecture skills across APIs, backend services, distributed systems and enterprise integrations.
  • Advanced Python skills and strong engineering fundamentals, including automated testing, code review, version control and maintainable design.
  • Working knowledge of SQL and data access patterns, plus practical understanding of context engineering, memory and agent evaluation.
  • Experience delivering secure cloud applications using CI/CD, containers and observability, with understanding of application security, privacy and responsible AI.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership in architectural decisions, pragmatic delivery planning, cross-team influence, mentoring and reusable engineering practices.
  • Experience with Azure and Databricks or comparable cloud and AI platforms is beneficial.
  • Experience with TypeScript or JavaScript and web application development is beneficial.
  • Experience with agent SDKs, MCP integrations and AI-assisted software development is beneficial, with strong review and verification practices.

Benefits

  • Flexible and safe working environment with an inclusive culture.
  • Career development support through the Grow@Hyperscale program.
  • Benefits designed to help employees stay positively charged.
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About AirTrunk

501-1,000 employees

AirTrunk designs, builds, and operates hyperscale data centers across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East for cloud providers and large digital platforms. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in North Sydney, it is privately held and backed by Blackstone, with campuses in markets such as Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.

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