AI & Automation Engineer, UpGuard

UpGuard

Location:
Australia, Sydney ▼
Melbourne
Brisbane

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

As our founding AI & Automation Engineer, you will democratise AI and automation across UpGuard. Your mission is to build critical n8n workflows and develop domain-specific LLMs that make every UpGuarder more productive. You'll take our existing automation infrastructure and transform it into an accessible platform that enables teams across the organisation to leverage AI and workflow automation confidently, no technical expertise required.

Job Responsibility:

Extend the automation platform - Evolve our existing n8n infrastructure and build critical workflows that will serve hundreds of UpGuarders as we scale beyond 300 team members
Build critical n8n flows - Design and implement production-ready automation workflows that integrate cloud services, internal data sources, and LLM endpoints
Develop & democratise domain-specific LLMs - Fine-tune lightweight models on internal data from Gong, Notion, BigQuery, and other sources, then make them accessible to teams across the organisation through intuitive interfaces
Democratise n8n usage - Create templates, documentation, and training materials that enable non-technical teams to build and deploy their own automation workflows confidently
Embed security & governance - Bake privacy, compliance, and cost controls into every workflow and model deployment, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability and data protection
Enable widespread adoption - Run hands-on workshops, provide ongoing support, and mentor teammates so anyone at UpGuard can leverage AI and automation tools effectively

Requirements:

Python & SQL: delivered production systems that handle real data and users
Workflow orchestration: hands-on with n8n, Airflow, Zapier, or similar automation platforms
AI/LLM experience: shipped at least one AI or automation project from prototype to production
Clear communicator: translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and gather business requirements
Vector/RAG expertise: experience with embeddings, vector databases, or retrieval patterns
Cloud platform experience: deployed and managed systems on GCP, AWS, or Azure
Training mindset: created documentation, tutorials, or enabled others to use technical tools

What we offer:

Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: use this for financial, physical and mental wellbeing (all regions)
WFH set-up allowance: to ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set-up within your first 3 months at UpGuard (all regions)
$1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: to support your career development all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance (all regions)
Generous Annual Leave/PTO allowances: time to recharge your batteries (all regions)
18 weeks paid Parental Leave: irrespective of parenting role (all regions)
Personal Leave allowance: this includes sick & carer’s leave (all regions)
Fully remote working environment: whilst we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance (all regions)
Top spec hardware: all team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role (all regions)
Generative AI & Automation tooling: UpGuard provides industry leading generative AI and automation tools to support all team members with their work (all regions)

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 06, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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