Senior AI Developer

About Us

At Seequent, we help organisations to understand the underground, giving the confidence to make better decisions faster.

We build world-leading technology that is at the forefront of Earth sciences, transforming the way our customers work. Every day we help them develop critical mineral resources more sustainably, design and build better infrastructure, source renewable energy, and reduce their impact on the environment.

We operate in 145+ countries while proudly maintaining headquarters in New Zealand.

Role Description

The Senior AI Developer is responsible for building and delivering advanced Generative AI (Gen AI) capabilities within Seequent's Evo geoscience data platform. This role will shape how Gen AI is integrated into products, transforming prototypes into scalable, secure, production-ready features. The developer will work cross-functionally with global teams to build AI tools that help users understand their data, automate workflows, and interact with AI agents. This position also involves designing evaluation systems, enhancing ML tools, and contributing to the long-term AI strategy while ensuring strict data privacy and security.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with global engineering, product, and data science teams.

Lead development of Gen AI features across the Evo platform.

Convert prototypes into secure, scalable, production-ready product features.

Build evaluation systems for continuous model and product improvement.

Promote best practices for rapid, sustainable Gen AI development.

Ensure customer data is protected and used with explicit consent.

Act as a subject-matter expert in design and architecture discussions.

Maintain, extend, and generalize existing ML and analytics tools.

Advocate for tools that enhance geoscience data insights and automation.

Continuously expand knowledge in geoscience, ML, analytics, and software delivery.

Opportunity to grow into leadership roles as the team expands.

Qualifications

Required Technical Skills & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.

7+ years in software engineering or data science roles.

1+ year building and operating Gen AI/LLM products in production.

Commercial experience with Python and a major cloud provider (Google Cloud preferred).

Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining Gen AI applications.

Preferred Attributes & Knowledge

Strong skills in software development, ML, and data analytics.

Ability to turn ideas and prototypes into stable, real-world products.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Curiosity, persistence, and strong problem-solving ability.

Experience with:

RAG, semantic search, vector databases

LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK

Google Vertex AI and Gen AI SDK

AI evaluation frameworks

MCP, A2A, or similar agentic frameworks

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

At Seequent, we champion the uniqueness of each individual. Our commitment to inclusiveness, equity, and accessibility is fundamental to who we are. If you require accommodation during our recruitment process, please let our Talent Acquisition team know. We are here to ensure a fair opportunity for all.

Research underscores that some individuals, especially women and underrepresented groups, may hesitate to apply for roles if they don't meet every requirement. Please don't count yourself out if you don't tick every box. We are committed to hiring a diverse team and encourage individuals of all background and abilities to apply. Thank you for considering us as your potential employer; we're excited to see what you can bring to our team

Benefits of being a Seequenteer and why you'll love being on our team.

Our people – Working at Seequent means becoming part of a community of collaborative innovators with insatiable curiosity and a passion to make a difference. Seequenteers are experts at what they do, visionaries with bold ideas for the future, and driven by a desire to make meaningful change.

Our culture – At Seequent you'll be encouraged to Find a Better Way, Think Customer, Collaborate Enthusiastically, Exceed Expectations and Take Ownership, no matter what role you're in. Our values define a culture of open mindedness, connected teams despite geographical distance, transparent communication, and leadership at any level, where everyone is welcome as their authentic self.

Our offices – Seequent operates from offices all over the world; as part of the Bentley Systems family. Our office hubs are fueled by barista-crafted coffee, games, table tennis, Lego, online trivia battles, and regular office team events. We like to celebrate our wins with cake too, lots of cake.

Benefits – Competitive salary, flexible working, a paid day each year to volunteer, an employee share purchase plan in most locations, rewards & recognition program, continuous learning and career growth opportunities, internal engagement events, culture & wellbeing program, personal support resources. Additional benefits are unique to each location Seequent resides in.

How to apply

If this sounds like the role for you, apply today with a covering letter and CV.