Senior Agentic AI Engineer

Senior AI Agent Engineer

Brisbane Toowong Full-Time / Contract On-Site

Build AI agents that actually do the work.

Were working with an innovative early-stage technology business that is building the next generation of AI-powered automation for a highly regulated Australian industry.

This is not a chatbot role.

Youll be responsible for designing and building production-grade AI agents that automate complex operational processes and interact with real business systems. Youll have genuine ownership across architecture, development, deployment, security, monitoring and ongoing optimisation.

Youll work closely with the Founder and a small technical team, helping shape both the technology and the wider AI strategy.

What youll be doing

• Design and build production AI agents from concept through to deployment
• Develop integrations across REST APIs, OAuth, webhooks and third-party platforms
• Own architecture and infrastructure decisions across hosted and local environments
• Evaluate models, frameworks and platforms based on performance, cost and reliability
• Establish testing and evaluation processes for agent quality
• Implement monitoring, logging and alerting across AI systems
• Manage model and dependency updates without disrupting production
• Build secure systems that handle sensitive business and personal information
• Identify and mitigate risks such as prompt injection and untrusted tool usage
• Guide and mentor a small technical team
• Review architecture and code while raising engineering standards
• Work directly with senior leadership on AI strategy and technical direction
• Assess build versus buy decisions and recommend the right technology for the problem
• What were looking for

Youll be a senior AI engineer who has actually shipped agentic systems into production.

Youll ideally have experience with platforms and frameworks such as:

Claude Agent SDK MCP LangGraph CrewAI n8n Microsoft Agent Framework OpenClaw Comparable agentic platforms

The specific technology stack matters less than your ability to demonstrate that you have built something real and operated it in production.

Youll also bring:

• Strong REST API and systems integration experience
• Solid understanding of OAuth webhooks rate limiting retries and error handling
• Experience making decisions around compute infrastructure and deployment
• Strong understanding of AI security and privacy
• Knowledge of prompt injection and adversarial risks within agentic systems
• Experience with monitoring evaluation testing and version control
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Leadership experience within a small technical team
• The confidence to challenge technical decisions when you have evidence to support your position
• Bonus points for
• Experience working within a regulated environment
• Exposure to compliance-heavy workflows
• Startup or founding team experience
• Strong TypeScript and Python skills
• Full-stack development experience
• Experience deploying modern web applications
• Experience working with Australian privacy and data protection requirements

The opportunity

This is a genuine opportunity to have a major influence on the direction of an AI product from an early stage.

Youll have direct access to senior leadership and the ability to influence what gets built how it gets built and which technologies are adopted.

You wont be joining a large engineering organisation where your role is limited to one small part of the product. Youll be involved across architecture strategy development deployment and continuous improvement.

The business already has real users and real production workloads so youll be solving genuine problems from day one.

Whats on offer

• Competitive salary package
• Contract options available
• Potential pathway from contract to permanent
• Modern Brisbane office
• Full-time hours
• Strong access to senior leadership
• Significant influence over AI and technology strategy
• Small high-performing technical team
• Opportunity to work on genuine production AI systems
• Fast-moving startup environment with minimal bureaucracy
• Location & working arrangement

Toowong, Brisbane

This is a predominantly office-based position. Collaboration with the Founder and wider technical team is an important part of the role so regular in-person attendance is expected.

Interested?

Full Australian working rights are required.