Lead AI Engineer (Generative AI)

Lead AI Engineer (Generative AI)

• Well-known Australian company
• Permanent Role Paying 160 – 170K + Super + Bonus
• Accelerate the adoption of Generative AI for this company!
• Melbourne CBD Office, Hybrid Model of Working, 2-3 days in office per week

Join a well-known Australian company as a Lead AI Engineer (Generative AI)!

This role is for:

• Someone with 2 - 4 years experience applying modern Generative AI in real delivery environments
• Someone with a strong track record of providing technical leadership
• Someone with a strong background in software engineering before stepping into a more AI-focused role in recent times

What’s in it for you?

• Join a well-known ASX listed Australian company
• Key Permanent Role Paying 160 – 170K + Super + Bonus
• Great opportunity to help this company accelerate their adoption of Generative AI and by doing so uplift engineering standards and modernise the SDLC
• Great opportunity to coach teams to safely and effectively use Generative AI and LLMs
• Play a key role in influencing AI strategy, AI delivery, AI culture and responsible AI practices
• Technical leadership opportunity where you’ll collaborate with a variety of stakeholders
• Fantastic company culture and employee experience, work with colleagues that have excellent tenure in this organisation!
• Hybrid working model outlined above

What you’ll bring?

• 2 - 4 years experience applying modern Generative AI in real delivery environments
• A strong track record of providing technical leadership
• A strong background in software engineering before stepping into a more AI-focused role in recent times
• Deep expertise in Generative AI, large language models, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and modern machine learning techniques
• Strengths in prompt engineering, offline/online evaluation, safety guardrails, and telemetry‑driven improvement.Practical experience with RAG, embeddings/vector search, and tool‑use/function‑calling orchestration
• The ability to define trustworthy AI metrics
• A Software engineering background using the likes of React, Typescript, React Native
• AWS experience / certifications
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD
• Experience with monitoring tools
• Great communication skills with the ability to be a bridge between teams and bring them together
• A passionate for embedding quality in delivery
• Experience leading teams and driving end-to-end digital solutions
• Design documentation skills
• Excellent influencing skills and stakeholder management skills
• A real passion for AI, its use and technology and innovation as a whole

Nice to Have’s Include:

• A background in using Java, Kotlin
• Experience with GraphQL
• Experience with Github Actions
• Kafka/Kinesis experience
• Experience with Edge AI patterns
• Understanding of micro-frontends

What you'll be doing:

• Accelerating the adoption of Generative AI for this company, leading the adoption of AI‑first engineering practices and an ‘AI-first’ mindset
• Providing technical leadership and shaping AI-enabled solutions
• Reporting into the Head of Technology and working closely with the Head of Enterprise AI
• Collaborating with a variety of cross-functional teams including; Engineering, QA, BA, Product Management, Senior Business Stakeholders, Data Science, Cyber Security, Enterprise Architecture
• Coaching and training engineers and leaders in the organisation in safe, effective AI‑assisted development
• Encouraging teams to embed AI‑driven thinking in solution design and delivery
• Defining and helping to operationalise trustworthy metrics to measure the impact of AI features, and developer productivity uplifts
• Producing AI-augmented solution designs when required
• Driving engineering excellence by uplifting standards, modernising technical practices, and championing AI‑aligned SDLC patterns
• Upskilling teams on AI/LLM
• Uplifting agentic workflows, prompt engineering, model evaluation and telemetry‑driven validation
• Automating guardrails
• Automating approaches to quality assurance and performance, working to automate testing through the use of AI practices
• Fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Providing solution designs

How to Apply?

To apply online, please click on the link below!

Alternatively, for a confidential discussion or to discuss other AI roles in Australia, please contact Jimmy Flynn on 0488 732 269.

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