StarRez

student housing software

SeniorEngineer,AIPlatform

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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The Brief

“Senior Engineer, AI Platform at StarRez. Skills: AI Platform development, agentic workflows, full-stack engineering, production-grade AI systems, reusable foundations and patterns. Design and build agentic workflows and AI-powered product capabilities. Develop shared AI platform capabilities, frameworks, and engineering patterns”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver production-grade AI systems; establish reusable foundations and patterns that other engineering teams can adopt; deliver AI-powered solutions that are observable, resilient, and customer-focused; support adoption across StarRez teams; making pragmatic decisions about adoption and implementation

Industry & Context.

student housing software
Problems you'll solve

solving real customer problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of commercial software engineering experience building production-grade applications, backend engineering experience, ideally with. NET / C#, Experience designing and shipping distributed or SaaS systems at scale, Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and modern AI tooling (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar), Familiarity with agentic patterns and frameworks including orchestration, RAG, prompt engineering, and tool use, understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including API design, testing strategies, and maintainable architecture, Experience with observability, debugging, and production support practices, Comfortable contributing across the full stack where required (TypeScript/JavaScript, modern frontend frameworks), Experience working with cloud platforms and modern engineering workflows (Git, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Azure preferred), full work rights in Australia

Nice to Have

Experience building internal platforms, SDKs, or reusable engineering frameworks, Familiarity with async or event-driven architectures, Experience with evaluation, traceability, and operational patterns for AI systems, Exposure to DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, or SRE practices, Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership

What You'll Do.

Design and build agentic workflows and AI-powered product capabilities

Develop shared AI platform capabilities

and engineering patterns

Contribute to engineering quality through clean architecture

and operational support

Stay engaged with the evolving AI landscape and help shape platform direction and engineering best practices

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders; Working closely with Product, Design, Quality, Platform, Security, and Engineering teams; partner with team members in different countries

Full Job Description

About StarRez StarRez is the global leader in student housing software, providing innovative solutions for on and off-campus housing management, resident wellness and experience, and revenue generation. Trusted by 1,400+ clients across 25+ countries, StarRez supports more than 4 million beds annually with its user-friendly, all-in-one platform, delivering seamless experiences for students and administrators. With offices in the United States, Australia, the UK, and India, StarRez blends the robust capabilities of a global organization with the personalized care and service of a trusted partner. The Role: As a Senior Engineer on the AI Platform team at StarRez, you'll help build the shared AI capabilities, agentic workflows, and platform infrastructure that power intelligent experiences across the StarRez product ecosystem. This is a senior full-stack engineering role focused on delivering production-grade AI systems while establishing reusable foundations and patterns that other engineering teams can adopt. You are a strong software engineer with solid product instincts and a pragmatic approach to emerging technology. You care about building scalable, maintainable, and reliable systems, and are comfortable contributing across architecture, backend systems, integrations, and frontend experiences where needed. Working closely with Product, Design, Quality, Platform, Security, and Engineering teams, you'll help deliver AI-powered solutions that are observable, resilient, and customer-focused. Key Responsibilities: Design and build agentic workflows and AI-powered product capabilities, including orchestration, tool use, retrieval, and multi-step reasoning Develop shared AI platform capabilities, frameworks, and engineering patterns that support adoption across StarRez teams Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and production-ready solutions Evaluate AI models, providers, and frameworks, making pragmatic decisions about adoption and

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