Senior AI Engineer 12 Month Contract Baseline Clearance required Adelaide/Brisbane/Melbourne/Sydney (Initial 6 weeks onsite to a hybrid role)
Lots of AI projects stall at the proof-of-concept stage. We are looking for a Senior AI Engineer who can and have taken projects all the way to production.
In this role, you’ll take AI from first idea to a solution in production that makes a real difference to the business. You’ll work alongside experienced AI professionals, providing technical leadership and expert advice. Some days you’ll be prototyping a new GenAI idea. On others you’ll be tuning a model in production or working out why an agent took an unexpected turn.
What your days might look like
Understanding business problems, then working out the right AI solutions
Building GenAI and LLM solutions using prompt engineering, RAG and custom AI agents. You’ll design how they think, remember, retry and know when to hand over to a human
Quickly prototyping new ideas to test what’s worth pursuing
Handling and preparing data; connecting AI to the systems people already use
Shipping production-quality code using version control, testing, CI/CD and automated deployment
Testing for accuracy, bias, hallucination and safety, because how we build AI matters
Keeping an eye on performance, drift, cost and impact, and always looking for ways to improve
Helping shape responsible AI through security, privacy, governance and clear documentation
What you’ll bring
Around 6+ years in AI/ML engineering, with work you’re proud of
Experience leading a workstream, guiding staff, providing advice and guidance
Strong Python and software engineering skills
Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG, embeddings, agents and GenAI patterns
Experience with data preparation and feature engineering, and an understanding of MLOps/LLMOps
An understanding of how AI fits into enterprise systems and architecture
Experience with SAS, Teradata, Cloudera Machine Learning (CML) or Red Hat OpenShift
