AirTrunk

Staff AI Engineer

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4 months ago
Sydney, AustraliaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and build agentic AI applications that plan tasks, use tools, adapt to results, and manage context and memory.
  • Write and review production code and shape architecture across APIs, backend services, distributed systems and enterprise integrations.
  • Take AI applications from prototypes through production by establishing automated tests, agent evaluations, controlled releases, monitoring and operational support.
  • Partner with Platform engineers to support deployment and operational readiness across Azure, Databricks and related services.
  • Build privacy, security and responsible AI controls, including access permissions, protected credentials, human review and safeguards against unsafe behavior.
  • Lead complex technical work, make architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and share reusable tools and practices across the Data and AI community.

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 experience 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 in partnership with platform teams.
  • Understanding of application security, privacy and Responsible AI, including identity, authorization, model-output risks and tool-execution risks.
  • 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, web application development, agent SDKs, MCP integrations and AI-assisted software development is beneficial.

Benefits

  • Flexible and safe working environment with an inclusive culture.
  • Career development through the Grow@Hyperscale program.
  • Benefits designed to support employees' well-being and ability to thrive.
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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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