AI Engineer

VALDBrisbaneHybridFull-time1 Oct 2026

VALD is seeking an AI Engineer in Brisbane to build production agentic AI systems and ground AI in data across its Data Lakehouse. The role requires strong software engineering skills, experience shipping LLM-powered products, and practical knowledge of retrieval, tool use, and agent design.

What you'll do

Build agentic capabilities: design and ship production agent workflows, including orchestration, tool calling, MCP servers, skills and context management.
Ground AI in data: build retrieval, search and data-querying capabilities across our data platforms, including Snowflake Cortex and Databricks.
Own quality in production: design and evolve evaluation, monitor quality, feedback, cost and latency, and make improvements to accuracy and robustness
Build in safety and security: implement guardrails that keep responses within agreed scope, and ensure each customer's data and context stay securely isolated.
Ship through automation: deploy AI components through version-controlled pipelines, promoted consistently across environments and regions.
Integrate across teams: work with data engineering, platform and deployment teams to bring AI capabilities into the VALD product suite.
Shape what gets built: influence architecture and product decisions, and proactively find ways to improve robustness.

What you need

Must-have

LLMAgentic AIRetrievalTool CallingMCPSnowflake CortexDatabricksSoftware Engineering

Nice-to-have

AzureMCPsAI in HealthRegulated Environments

Soft skills

CommunicationProblem SolvingCollaborationProactive

AI EngineerSoftware DevelopmentHybridFull-timeBrisbaneLLMAgentic AIData LakehouseSnowflakeDatabricks

/What you'll do

/What you need

Must-have

Nice-to-have

Soft skills

What you'll do

What you need