Senior AI Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and productionisation of agentic AI workflows, LLM-powered applications, and multi-agent systems
• Productionise classical ML models including classification, regression, and time-series forecasting
• Own and evolve end-to-end MLOps and LLMOps pipelines, including CI/CD, model registry, and drift detection
• Build and maintain scalable ML infrastructure on Azure and Databricks
• Architect AI agent workflows, endpoints, and orchestration layers for secure tool usage and reasoning
• Deploy and optimise AI workloads on Kubernetes and cloud-native Azure environments
• Define and enforce engineering quality standards through code reviews and technical documentation

Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent practical experience
• Proven experience deploying and operating production-grade agentic AI systems or ML pipelines
• Strong Python programming skills and deep knowledge of modern AI/ML frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, LlamaIndex, PyTorch, scikit-learn)
• Solid understanding of classical machine learning and hands-on experience taking models to production
• Strong experience with Azure cloud services (Azure ML, Azure DevOps, Azure Container Services, Azure Function Apps) and Databricks

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant Azure certifications (e.g., Azure AI Engineer Associate or Azure Data Scientist Associate)
• Experience with front-end technologies like TypeScript or React
• Experience with infrastructure tooling such as Terraform or Bicep
• Experience building data engineering pipelines
• Demonstrated contributions to open-source AI projects

Benefits

• Inclusive company culture certified as a Great Place To Work®
• Individualised Learning & Development pathways and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Exclusive staff discounts with over 350 leading retailers and health/wellness providers
• Significant travel discounts including flights, hotels, tours, and cruises
• Career opportunities within a global network of brands

About the Company

Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) works to 'open up the world for those who want to see'. We provide people around the world the opportunity to experience amazing travel experiences through our diverse global brands.