AI Development & Support Engineer

Locksmart Australia

AI Development & Support Engineer at Starfish Storage developing intelligent agents for data management workflows. Collaborating with clients to create effective AI solutions for large-scale data challenges.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerLinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and expand MCP servers that expose Starfish's data management capabilities to LLM-powered workflows
Develop intelligent agents that can reason over storage metadata at scale — including local LLM deployment and configuration using vLLM, Ollama, or similar
Create workflow automation and chat-based interfaces for querying and acting on Starfish data
Build proof-of-concept implementations and turn them into production-grade features
Support customers through installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of AI features and integrations
Get on calls with technical teams, understand their use cases, and translate requirements into working agents
Document what you learn so the next person doesn't have to figure it out from scratch

Requirements

What you’ll need

Solid grasp of agent architectures, prompt engineering, and MCP or tool-use patterns
Hands-on experience with local/open-source LLMs: you've run them, tuned them, deployed them
Comfortable working in Linux environments and debugging at the command line
Strong communicator: you can explain what's broken and why to both engineers and non-engineers
2+ years Python development — real shipped and used code
Experience with RAG pipelines or vector databases
Familiarity with REST APIs and integration patterns
Docker comfort
Background in storage systems or HPC environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Salary with potential for future commissions
Multiple health insurance options
Medical FSA and Dependent Care FSA
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) savings plan with employer matching
Employer-sponsored long-term disability insurance
Paid holidays and PTO (increasing with tenure)
Discounted health club membership
Many opportunities for growth

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Hard Skills & Tools

Pythonagent architecturesprompt engineeringlocal LLMsRAG pipelinesvector databasesREST APIsDockerworkflow automationproduction-grade features

Soft Skills

strong communicatortroubleshootingcustomer supportdocumentationtranslating requirements