Staff AI & Data Engineer

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-21 AirTrunk HQ - North Sydney Hybrid ICT

Company shared salary

NA

Market rate

A$10,833–A$15,000/mo (A$129,996–A$180,000/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

AirTrunk is a technology company that builds and operates hyperscale data centres across the Asia Pacific and Middle East, scaling and sustaining the region's digital future. It continuously redefines and delivers hyperscale facilities to meet the needs of the world's most transformational companies, prioritising sustainability and rapid growth.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, build, and evolution of intelligent data and AI systems powering next generation platforms.
  • Operate at the intersection of data engineering, AI engineering, platform architecture, and DevOps to shape scalable, secure, and production grade solutions that drive operational efficiency, sustainability, and intelligent decision making across AirTrunk's data centre and business ecosystem.
  • Define the technical direction, engineering standards, and platform patterns underpinning AirTrunk's AI and Data Platform.
  • Mentor engineering colleagues and drive delivery across complex, cross functional initiatives.
  • Lead the design and delivery of scalable AI and ML solutions that enhance operations, including predictive maintenance, optimisation, intelligent automation, and decision support.
  • Architect and guide the development of agentic AI systems such as multi agent patterns, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), and Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementations to enable adaptive, enterprise ready solutions.
  • Drive the integration of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI technologies into enterprise platforms, workflows, and data products using tools such as Databricks, OpenAI, Anthropic, and LangChain.
  • Establish reusable patterns, guardrails, and engineering standards for AI applications to ensure reliability, security, scalability, and maintainability.