Senior Developer / Tech Lead - AI LAB

Datacom; Tauranga; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

Flexible hours

Professional development

Social events

Job summary

Datacom is seeking Senior/Tech Leads and Senior Developers to join its AI journey within the Digital Engineering team in New Zealand. You will design, develop and deploy AI-driven software solutions using cutting-edge models and tooling, delivering real value to clients and communities.

You will collaborate across cross-functional teams, leverage LangChain, LlamaIndex and cloud platforms to build robust AI systems, and contribute to a dynamic, inclusive workplace that values learning and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development with Python and Typescript, with production ML/AI experience.
• Delivery of at least one generative AI solution in production (e.g., chatbot, summariser, code assistant).
• Deep familiarity with transformers and orchestration stacks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel).
• Experience deploying or fine-tuning models on Azure OpenAI / AWS Bedrock / SageMaker.
• Hands-on with RAG patterns, vector databases and evaluation metrics (BLEU, ROUGE-L, GPTScore).
• Cloud-native engineering: Docker, Kubernetes, infra-as-code and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI-driven software solutions addressing complex business challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement AI models and pipelines.
• Work on cutting-edge AI projects and iterate based on real-world feedback.
• Contribute to scalable, maintainable AI architecture and tooling.

Skills

7+ years Python/Typescript

GenAI in production

Transformers

Model deployment (Azure/AWS)

RAG patterns

Docker/Kubernetes

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Semantic Kernel

Azure OpenAI

AWS Bedrock/SageMaker

Job description

Our purpose

Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in

Description

Our purpose

Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in

The way we work and our customer needs are changing! We are going through a significant AI uplift that will be a real game changer in the NZ Market. Our customers are loving our story and excited about our new service solutions. As such we are seeking Senior/Tech Leads, and Senior Developers, who want to get on board our AI journey. We need someone who is passionate about AI development and wants to push boundaries. Your software background is key but your passion for AI is a must. This role will see you will join our Digital Engineering team, focusing on delivering innovative AI‑driven software solutions. We will offer you opportunity to work on cutting‑edge projects, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to design, develop, and use the latest AI Models that address complex business challenges. We need multiple people but we need them now so please don't hesitate this is your chance to put a New Zealand company on the global map!!!

What You’ll Bring

Must-haves

• 7+ years professional software development (Python and Typescript preferred) with production ML/AI experience


• Demonstrated delivery of at least one generative‑AI solution in production (chatbot, summariser, code assistant, etc.)


• 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 or AWS Bedrock / SageMaker


• Hands‑on with RAG patterns, vector databases and evaluation metrics (BLEU, ROUGE‑L, GPTScore)


• Cloud‑native engineering skills: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), infra‑as‑code and automated testing

Nice‑to‑haves

• Agent frameworks (AutoGen 0.2/0.4, CrewAI) and tool‑using agents.


• Multimodal model workflows (image‑text with GPT‑4o, Gpt4o real time API).


• Experience with embedding models


• Workspace automation using agentic frameworks


• Advanced RAG variants – familiarity with LongRAG, Self‑RAG, GraphRAG and the trade‑offs between leading vector stores (Pinecone, Qdrant, FAISS, Azure AI Search)


• Multimodal & streaming LLMs – delivering real‑time GPT‑4o or Gemini 2 Ultra use‑cases (image to text or speech) and cross‑modal embeddings.

Why join us here at Datacom?

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill‑out spaces, remote working, flexi‑hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat‑structured environment.

We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.