Team Lead, Software Engineer - AI (GenAI)

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.

About The Role

As we continue to scale our AI capability within Seequent Evo - our geoscience data platform used by earth scientists and engineers globally, we’re looking for a Team Lead to lead an AI engineering team.

T his is a unique opportunity to combine deep technical expertise in Generative AI with people leadership, shaping how GenAI capabilities are designed, built, and embedded into the platform at scale.

You’ll lead a team delivering applied GenAI solutions that enable customers to surface insights from complex subsurface data, simplify workflows, and make more informed decisions. At the same time, you’ll play a critical role in building the team, establishing best practices, and driving engineering excellence.

What You’ll Do

Lead and grow a high-performing AI engineering team

• Provide technical and operational leadership to a team of engineers, fostering a strong, collaborative culture.
• Coach and mentor team members, supporting their development and performance.
• Allocate work effectively across the team, aligning skills with priorities and outcomes.
• Contribute to hiring and scaling the AI capability.

Own technical direction and solution design

• Lead the design and architecture of complex GenAI systems, ensuring alignment with engineering standards.
• Guide the team in applying appropriate modelling techniques and modern AI patterns.
• Evaluate design trade-offs, drive decisions, and ensure solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements (including security).
• Lead design and code reviews to ensure quality and consistency.

Deliver impactful GenAI solutions

• Oversee the build, test, deployment, and ongoing operation of production-grade GenAI systems.
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Semantic search and vector-based retrieval.
• Agent-based and service-oriented architectures (e.g., MCP, A2A).
• Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable

Drive delivery and project outcomes

• Take responsibility for end-to-end delivery of medium-scale initiatives.
• Manage scope, risks, timelines, and stakeholder alignment.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design to deliver meaningful customer outcomes.
• Lead release planning, quality reviews, and post-release retrospectives.

Champion engineering excellence

• Promote best practices in software development, DevOps, and security.
• Improve processes, tooling, and standards across the team.
• Ensure adherence to CI/CD, testing, and governance practices.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 7+ years experience in software engineering, including senior-level experience.
• Experience leading a team (formal or informal leadership).
• Hands-on experience building and operating GenAI/LLM-powered systems in production.

Technical expertise in

• Generative AI and LLM-based applications
• RAG systems, semantic search, and vector databases
• Agent-based architectures and protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A or similar)
• Cloud-native development and microservices (Docker, Kubernetes, APIs such as FastAPI)
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Leadership & collaboration

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical contributions with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience coaching and mentoring engineers.
• Proven ability to drive decisions, influence outcomes, and deliver results.

Additional Information

Office-based working environment, work from our Toronto office two or more days per week.

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

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