Job Description

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- Permanent Role Paying 160 – 170K + Super + Bonus

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- Accelerate the adoption of Generative AI for this company!

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- Melbourne CBD Office, Hybrid Model of Working, 2-3 days in office per week

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

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This role is for:

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- Someone with 2 - 4 years experience applying modern Generative AI in real delivery environments

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- Someone with a strong track record of providing technical leadership

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- Someone with a strong background in software engineering before stepping into a more AI‐focused role in recent times

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What's in it for you?

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- Join a well‐known ASX listed Australian company

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- Key Permanent Role Paying 160 – 170K + Super + Bonus

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- Great opportunity to help this company accelerate their adoption of Generative AI and by doing so uplift engineering standards and modernise the SDLC

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- Great opportunity to coach teams to safely and effectively use Generative AI and LLMs

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- Play a key role in influencing AI strategy, AI delivery, AI culture and responsible AI practices

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- Technical leadership opportunity where you'll collaborate with a variety of stakeholders

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- Fantastic company culture and employee experience, work with colleagues that have excellent tenure in this organisation!

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- Hybrid working model outlined above

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What you'll bring?

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- 2 - 4 years experience applying modern Generative AI in real delivery environments

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- A strong track record of providing technical leadership

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- A strong background in software engineering before stepping into a more AI‐focused role in recent times

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- Deep expertise in Generative AI, large language models, retrieval‐augmented generation (RAG), and contemporary machine learning techniques

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- Strengths in prompt engineering, offline/online evaluation, safety guardrails, and telemetry‐driven improvement.

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- Practical experience with RAG, embeddings/vector search, and tool‐use/function‐calling orchestration.

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- The ability to define trustworthy AI metrics

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- A Software engineering background using the likes of React, Typescript, React Native

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- AWS experience / certifications

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- Strong knowledge of CI/CD

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- Experience with monitoring tools

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- Great communication skills with the ability to be a bridge between teams and bring them together

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- A passion for embedding quality in delivery

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- Experience leading teams and driving end‐to‐end digital solutions

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- Excellent influencing skills and stakeholder management skills

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- A real passion for AI, its use and technology and innovation as a whole

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Nice to Have's Include:

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- A background in using Java, Kotlin

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- Experience with GraphQL

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- Experience with Git Hub Actions

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- Experience with Edge AI patterns

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- Understanding of micro‐frontends

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What you'll be doing:

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- Accelerating the adoption of Generative AI for this company, leading the adoption of AI‐first engineering practices and an 'AI‐first' mindset

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- Providing technical leadership and shaping AI‐enabled solutions

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- Reporting into the Head of Technology and working closely with the Head of Enterprise AI

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- Collaborating with a variety of cross‐functional teams including Engineering, QA, BA, Product Management, Senior Business Stakeholders, Data Science, Cyber Security, Enterprise Architecture

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- Coaching and training engineers and leaders in the organisation in safe, effective AI‐assisted development

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- Encouraging teams to embed AI‐driven thinking in solution design and delivery

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- Defining and helping to operationalise trustworthy metrics to measure the impact of AI features, and developer productivity uplifts

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- Producing AI‐augmented solution designs when required

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- Driving engineering excellence by uplifting standards, modernising technical practices, and championing AI‐aligned SDLC patterns

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- Upskilling teams on AI/LLM

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- Uplifting agentic workflows, prompt engineering, model evaluation and telemetry‐driven validation

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- Automating approaches to quality assurance and performance, working to automate testing through the use of AI practices

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- Fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

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📌 Lead AI Engineer (Generative AI) (Melbourne)
🏢 Salt
📍 Melbourne