Datacom

Senior/Tech Lead - AI Development

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over 1 year ago
Christchurch, New Zealand +4 moreStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of innovative AI-driven software solutions for complex business challenges.
  • Deliver generative-AI solutions such as chatbots, summarizers, and code assistants in production.
  • Use and evaluate AI models, RAG patterns, vector databases, orchestration stacks, and agent frameworks.
  • Deploy or fine-tune models on Azure and AWS AI platforms.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on customer-focused projects and technical delivery.
  • Apply cloud-native engineering practices using Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and automated testing.

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of professional software development experience, preferably with Python and TypeScript, plus production ML/AI experience.
  • Demonstrated delivery of at least one generative-AI solution in production.
  • Deep familiarity with transformers and orchestration stacks such as LangChain v0.2+, LlamaIndex, or Semantic Kernel.
  • Practical experience deploying or fine-tuning models on Azure OpenAI, AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, or SageMaker.
  • Hands-on experience with RAG patterns, vector databases, and evaluation metrics including BLEU, ROUGE-L, and GPTScore.
  • Cloud-native engineering experience with Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and automated testing.
  • Preferred experience with AutoGen, CrewAI, tool-using agents, multimodal model workflows, GPT-4o, Gemini 2 Ultra, embedding models, advanced RAG variants, and vector stores such as Pinecone, Qdrant, FAISS, or Azure AI Search.

Benefits

  • Hybrid and flexible working options.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme through DataCare.
  • Ongoing learning, certifications, career development, and access to industry-leading learning platforms.
  • Recognition programmes, employee discounts, and financial wellbeing benefits.
  • Meaningful work with opportunities to contribute to innovative AI projects.
  • Full-time employment in Auckland, New Zealand.
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