Senior AI Engineer

Fivecast; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Fivecast is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to join the engineering team to scope, design, develop, integrate and test software for a large web-based application. You will drive generative and agentic AI capabilities across the product and collaborate with peers to deliver reliable software.

You will design data storage models using Postgres and Elastic, mentor a small team, and deploy applications in AWS, using Java, React/Angular, and Spring. Strong documentation and UML skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in systems or software engineering/computer science or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering/technology development.
• Experience implementing generative AI and agentic AI solutions.
• Ability to lead AI adoption initiatives within a development team.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including UML.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and test software components in Java.
• Implement generative AI and agentic AI solutions in software products.
• Design data storage models using Postgres and Elastic.
• Coach a small team of developers for quality and timely delivery.
• Deploy and manage applications in a cloud environment (AWS).
• Work with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS) and frameworks (React, Angular, Spring).

Skills

Generative AI

Agentic AI

Java

AWS

Web tech

React

Angular

UML

Documentation

Data modeling

Leadership

Team coaching

Education

Bachelors in CS/SE

Tools

Postgres

Elastic

Spring

Hibernate

Job description

About the Role

We're looking to hire a Senior AI Engineer to work closely with other members of the engineering team to scope, design, document, develop, integrate and test software to address end-user needs for a large web-based application.

Key responsibilities

• Designing, implementing and testing software components in Java
• Implementing generative AI and agentic AI solutions in software products.
• Using data storage technologies and designing data storage models e.g. Postgres, Elastic
• Coach a small teams of developers to ensure quality and timely delivery of software components
• Deploying and managing applications in a cloud environment e.g. AWS
• Using web front-end technologies e.g. HTML, CSS
• Using software frameworks e.g. React, Angular and Spring

Requirements

• Australian citizenship required-due to eligibility for NV1 defence clearance requirement for the role
• Bachelor’s Degree in systems or software engineering/ computer science or related degrees
• 10+ years experience in software engineering / technology development
• Experience implementing generative AI and agentic AI solutions in software products.
• Must stay current with state-of-the-art AI developments and best practices, with the ability to lead AI adoption initiatives within the development team.
• Highly organised, problem solver with the ability to get things done
• Excellent, collaborative team player and able to meet deadlines
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills, including UML
• Experience with key technology areas including software engineering, data storage, web technologies