Looking to build a product, team and company that will transform an industry?
This is a rare opportunity to join a profitable, venture-backed scale-up as the founding Head of AI. You will have full ownership of the end to end ML pipeline, AI architecture and team growth + performance.

Work directly with the founders, lead a flat-structured engineering team that operates without ego or red tape. With locked-in product market fit, rapid growing global ARR, and top-tier venture backing, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

- Architecting, building, and deploying next-generation predictive computer vision models from scratch.
- Optimizing and quantizing deep learning networks to run efficiently on low-latency, edge-computing hardware processors.
- Designing evaluation frameworks, performance benchmarks, and feedback loops to continuously monitor production systems.
- Collaborating directly with the hardware and core software development teams to serve models seamlessly to web dashboards.




- Hiring and structuring a dedicated team of specialists as the division expands.

What you’ll bring to the team:

- Hands-on AI & Machine Learning experience with the ability to focus on designing and building predictive computer vision systems (not just generative APIs)
- Practical familiarity with model quantization, graph pruning, and deploying models to constrained edge devices, local SoCs, or embedded chips.
- Excellent communication skills and a pragmatic, outcome oriented approach.

What else is offered:

- A modern, hybrid work setup with a mature, flexible and outcome focused culture.
- The stability of a scale-up backed by top-tier venture capital, paired with the rapid execution speed of an early-stage company.
- $240,000 – $280,000 + super + life-changing equity
- Lots of perks like (Enhanced Parental Leave offering + health and wellbeing allowances)

What’s next?
If you’re ready to own a greenfield AI function and make a tangible physical impact – Apply Now!

📌 Head of AI (Melbourne)
🏢 Real Time Australia
📍 Melbourne