AI Engineer

VALD is building the world’s largest musculoskeletal database, with over two billion data points and counting. Using this data, we can help practitioners to objectively assess patients’ progress and make more accurate, data-informed treatment decisions. We are looking for someone who has hybrid experience in data engineering and data analysis to help shape the future of the VALD Data Lakehouse.

This is a hands-on engineering role for builders, not a research or manual testing position. You don't need every tool on this page. We'd rather hear about one difficult AI system you've built to solve a business problem and maintained in operation, rather than a long list of technologies you've used. We're chasing:

• Strong software engineering skills in modern languages, with the depth to own what you build through deployment and operation.
• A record of shipping LLM-powered or agentic products through to production.
• Hands-on experience evaluating AI systems and using the results to drive decisions.
• Practical experience with retrieval, tool use and agent design.
• A clear communicator who can explain trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
  

You will be working in a fast-paced, dynamic company that has a culture around the belief that anything is possible with hard work, creativity, dedication, and good timing.

We have a range of benefits we offer to our team, such as:

• The opportunity to work in a company that is redefining allied healthcare.
  
• Working with a range of high-performing individuals and teams across a range of disciplines.
  
• Working with contemporary tooling on industry first applications.
  
• Casual work attire.
  
• Chefs that prepare you delicious fresh breakfast and lunch.
  
• An on-site barista to make your coffee just as you like it.
  
• A team gym, masseuse, and access to physiotherapy and exercise physiology services.

VALD’s best asset is not our technology but our people and culture. A culture of inclusion and diversity is critical to our business. We know diverse teams perform better. It's not a separate initiative – we aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and embracing diversity, including gender, nationality, disability, age, marital/parental status, ethnicity, gender identity, socioeconomic background and sexual orientation. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.

We can't wait to meet you and discuss what a career with VALD could look like for you!

Successful applicants will be subject to background checks (including identity and criminal record checks). It will be a condition of employment that the background checks return acceptable results.