Senior AI Engineer & Tech Lead - Hybrid, Cutting-Edge AI

Datacom; Hamilton; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Datacom is seeking Senior/Tech Lead AI Engineers to join our Digital Engineering AI team in New Zealand. You will work on cutting-edge AI-driven software solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI models addressing complex business challenges.

We value strong software background, passion for AI, and experience delivering production AI applications. Join us to push boundaries and help Datacom scale AI across markets in New Zealand and Australia.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience (Python/TypeScript).
• Production AI delivery: at least one generative AI application using cloud AI platforms.
• Experience managing context and integrating models with data and tools (retrieval, embeddings, outputs).
• Diagnose failures, handle API limits/timeouts, verify AI outputs and workflows.
• Strong customer communication: translate needs into working AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work on AI-driven software solutions within the Digital Engineering AI team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy AI models.
• Utilize latest AI models to address complex business challenges.
• Contribute to cutting-edge projects and learn from the team.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

AI delivery

Model integration

API reliability

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

Microsoft Foundry

Azure OpenAI

Job description

Datacom is seeking Senior/Tech Lead AI Engineers to join our Digital Engineering AI team in New Zealand. You will work on cutting-edge AI-driven software solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI models addressing complex business challenges.

We value strong software background, passion for AI, and experience delivering production AI applications. Join us to push boundaries and help Datacom scale AI across markets in New Zealand and Australia.