Senior AI Engineer
National Capital Region - Philippines
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Job Summary
The Role
Were looking for an AI Engineer to join The Foundry and work at the intersection of client delivery and internal capability building. This is a hands-on engineering role where youll design build and ship production-grade AI systems for Bilues clients across financial services government insurance and retail while simultaneously contributing to the reference architectures tooling and engineering standards that define how AI Labs operates.
This isnt a research role. Its not a prompt-engineering role. Youll be building agentic systems that survive contact with real users integrating AI into enterprise environments and setting the quality bar for what production-grade means at Bilue.
What Youll Do
Client Delivery (The Foundry)
Design and build production-grade AI solutions including agentic systems memory systems LLM-powered features and intelligent automation for enterprise clients.
Architect cloud-native AI systems on AWS Azure or GCP with robust DevOps/LLMOps pipelines for scalability and reliability.
Integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise platforms (CRM ERP lending systems claims platforms) through well-designed APIs and data pipelines (leveraging AI of course).
Lead AI technical delivery within cross-functional squads alongside designers strategists and client stakeholders translating complex AI concepts into high-impact outcomes.
Implement responsible AI practices including red-teaming bias testing evaluation harnesses and human-in-the-loop design before anything ships.
Internal Capability (The AI Foundry)
Contribute to Bilues reference architectures for common delivery patterns: knowledge/context pipelines agentic systems LLM integrations and evaluation frameworks.
Help define and evolve engineering standards for AI Labs work code quality testing approaches prompt evaluation frameworks and what production-grade means in practice.
Build reusable tooling accelerators and skills that make the next project faster and more reliable.
Participate in model evaluation cost optimisation and architecture reviews that sharpen Bilues technical edge.
Share knowledge across the engineering team through documentation tech talks and hands-on mentoring.
Qualifications :
Experience & Mindset
Demonstrable experience delivering AI or GenAI solutions in a production environment not just prototypes or demos.
Strong problem-solving ability and the analytical mindset to work with ambiguous evolving requirements.
The ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and client executives.
Genuine systems thought leadership you understand why the system matters not just how it works.
A collaborative low-ego approach working across teams clients and contexts with adaptability.
Comfort operating in a fast moving environment where youll work across multiple clients and industries.
Strong opinions weakly held - curious mind with the ability to rapidly evolve when faced with contradictory evidence.
Technical Skills
Strong programming skills in Python; familiarity with TypeScript or Java is a plus.
Hands-on experience with AI and agentic frameworks LangChain AgentCore LlamaIndex LangGraph CrewAI vector databases or similar.
Working expertise with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP)
Solid understanding of data engineering fundamentals SQL ETL/ELT distributed systems handling large and unstructured datasets.
Experience designing and deploying production AI systems with proper observability monitoring and evaluation.
Familiarity with LLMOps practices prompt versioning model drift detection cost monitoring A/B evaluation.
Understanding of RESTful APIs microservices and enterprise integration patterns.
Bonus Points
Experience with the AWS AI/ML stack (Bedrock AgentCore Strands SageMaker Lambda Step Functions).
Familiarity with responsible AI frameworks bias testing tools or AI governance practices.
Prior consulting or hyper-scaler experience where youve delivered for external clients under real constraints.
Contributions to open-source AI projects AI research or published technical writing.
Additional Information :
Life at Bilue
- Client-focused: We are dedicated to delivering exceptional value to our clients while supporting each other to achieve collective success.
- Internal coaching: We prioritise personal and professional growth emphasising continuous learning and up-skilling.
- Flat structure: We operate with a flat structure where our casual approachable executive leadership team (ELT) ensures everyones voice is heard.
- Internal communities: We build and nurture internal communities for knowledge sharing and collaboration keeping everyone connected and informed.
- Flexible: We offer full time remote working for all of our Manila based employees but stay connected via Slack and Zoom.
Additional Information
- Candidates must be based within the metropolitan area of Manila with a strong reliable internet connection.
- Working hours are expected to be Australian Eastern Standard Time. (7am - 3.30pm PHT)
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Hello, we’re Bilue - a leading design and development agency specialising in mobile, cloud, web, and emerging technologies. Bilue was founded by Cameron Barrie, an app developer with a vision to help Australian companies design and deliver cutting-edge digital experiences. What began ... View more