Senior AI Applications Engineer (Hybrid) - ERP & GenAI

HKU School of Professional & Continuing Education; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental & medical benefits

Training sponsorship

18 days annual leave

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

HKU SPACE is recruiting a Senior Software Engineer (AI Application) within the Information Technology Services Unit. The role focuses on designing, developing and integrating AI-enabled enterprise solutions and platforms to advance AI capabilities across ERP, web and e-learning systems.

Reporting to the IT Manager, you will deliver GenAI solutions, drive integration across platforms and mentor teams. The position offers a 5-day work week with flexible hybrid arrangements and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Data Science, AI or related discipline.
• At least 7 years of relevant software development, system integration, or IT service management experience.
• Practical knowledge of AI, ML and Generative AI, including AI-enabled solution design or integration.
• Knowledge of prompt engineering, building RAG pipelines, vector databases, LLM orchestration frameworks, and agentic workflows.
• Experience with enterprise cloud AI services such as Azure OpenAI or Vertex AI.
• Solid understanding of database architecture (SQL/NoSQL), security, identity management (OAuth/SAML), and modern CI/CD DevOps workflows.
• Good analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; proficient English and Chinese.

Responsibilities

• Support design, development, implementation and enhancement of AI-enabled systems and digital platforms.
• Assist in system integration across ERP platforms, web apps, portals and e-learning platforms like Moodle.
• Develop and deploy production GenAI solutions including RAG architectures and autonomous workflows.
• Coordinate with users, IT teams and vendors to translate needs into practical technical solutions.
• Contribute to technical standards, documentation, controls and continuous improvement.
• Support responsible AI, data protection, risk management and service quality.

Skills

AI Development

Prompt engineering

RAG pipelines

LLM orchestration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Vertex AI

Vector databases

OAuth/SAML

Job description

HKU SPACE is recruiting a Senior Software Engineer (AI Application) within the Information Technology Services Unit. The role focuses on designing, developing and integrating AI-enabled enterprise solutions and platforms to advance AI capabilities across ERP, web and e-learning systems.

Reporting to the IT Manager, you will deliver GenAI solutions, drive integration across platforms and mentor teams. The position offers a 5-day work week with flexible hybrid arrangements and competitive benefits.