Senior AI Engineer

About the role

CreditorWatch, an Australian data and technology company acquired by Warburg Pincus, is hiring a Senior AI Engineer in Sydney CBD. You will build production-grade AI products and agentic systems that help businesses manage risk and make credit decisions, working at the intersection of product innovation and platform engineering. The role reports to the Head of AI Platform and is full-time and hybrid.

Key responsibilities

• Build and operate AI products, APIs, RAG solutions and agentic workflows, owning complex initiatives end to end.
• Shape shared AI capabilities, reusable frameworks and self-service patterns for model orchestration, prompt management, agent execution and tool integration.
• Set standards for AI testing, evaluation, observability, security, governance and production reliability.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data and Infrastructure teams, provide architecture guidance, mentor engineers and share knowledge.

Required profile

• Proven experience designing, building and operating production-grade AI systems, ideally in customer-facing or business-critical environments.
• Solid software engineering, system design and operational discipline.
• Sound judgement across LLM architecture, RAG, model orchestration, agentic workflows and tool integration.
• Experience with AI evaluation, observability, security and reliability in production.
• Appreciation for reusable frameworks and developer experience, pragmatic problem-solving and ownership of outcomes.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required skills

• AI observability and evaluation: Langfuse, MLflow, OpenTelemetry, Datadog
• Data and retrieval: PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, vector databases
• Cloud and delivery: AWS, Docker, GitHub
• Agentic AI, AI governance and platform engineering experience
• Experience in regulated or risk-sensitive environments and mentoring others

What we offer

• Fitness First Platinum gym membership
• Daily Fuel: coffee, breakfast, snacks, lunches and drinks
• $50 per month phone credit
• An extra day off each month and monthly in-house massages
• Fun team activities and a Bring Your Family to Work Day
• Modern Sydney CBD office, learning and growth opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program