Staff AI Engineer — Lead Production AI & Platform

Jobgether; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Production AI solutions used by real‑d

Architectural influence on AI platform

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Staff AI Engineer in New Zealand to lead production-grade AI initiatives and shape the AI platform. You will mentor teams, drive architectural decisions, and deliver reliable AI agents and integrations.

The role blends hands-on engineering with strategic influence across Product, Design, QA, and Operations. You will build scalable AI infrastructure, establish evaluation frameworks, and maintain high-quality, secure systems for real users while guiding best practices and

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading complex AI initiatives as an IC or lead engineer.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying production-grade AI/LLM applications used by customers.
• Strong backend/platform engineering skills with Python and Django.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of major AI initiatives and features.
• Contribute to production AI systems and improve architecture and workflows.
• Drive AI quality, reliability, and performance through robust evaluation and monitoring.
• Own major AI projects from planning to deployment and optimization.
• Define architectural standards and shared platform infrastructure for AI.

Skills

Python

Django

LLM applications

AI evaluation frameworks

Leadership

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

REST APIs

GraphQL

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Staff AI Engineer in New Zealand to lead production-grade AI initiatives and shape the AI platform. You will mentor teams, drive architectural decisions, and deliver reliable AI agents and integrations.

The role blends hands-on engineering with strategic influence across Product, Design, QA, and Operations. You will build scalable AI infrastructure, establish evaluation frameworks, and maintain high-quality, secure systems for real users while guiding best practices and