Location: Perth, Western Australia (George's Terrace)

Workplace: Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days from home, flexible on which two days

Engagement: Permanent, full time, flexible working hours We are looking for a Lead AI Engineer to take technical ownership of one or more engineering teams at Horizon Digital, delivering AI and software for clients from Tier One enterprise accounts through to smaller engagements. You will set the technical direction, coach the team that relies on you, and champion AI assisted development as the way we build. We move fast and stay adaptable, so this suits someone who wants to shape how a team works, not just their own output.

The Team

You will report to our Technology Manager and work alongside a group of engineers delivering production systems for clients including Woodside, Fortescue, Alcoa, Rio Tinto, BHP, Santos and South32. You will be trusted to spot and grow the next lead, so the team's success never rests on one person.

What You Will Do Lead one or more engineering teams, owning technical direction and carrying final accountability for estimates on your projects

Coach and grow your team through review, pairing and direct guidance, and run their objectives and performance reviews

Settle architecture, security, tooling and deployment early in the engagement, and make the final technical call

Contribute production code and hold your teams to our standards on code review, testing, CI/CD and monitoring

Drive adoption of AI assisted development and agentic systems, and act as the quality gate on shared skills and libraries

Act as the senior technical voice with clients,



from requirements through delivery, and protect the relationship when things go wrong What We Are Looking For Proven people leadership, including reviews, objectives and difficult conversations

Deep hands on experience across Python, TypeScript, React and AWS with Terraform, plus React Native, Flutter or PHP

CI/CD, automated testing, linting and monitoring as normal practice, not an afterthought An AI first practice, with a track record of embedding it across a team, not just using it yourself

Experience defining and rolling out AI coding standards, including authoring skills and rule files

Has owned agentic systems into production and stands behind their reliability

Credible and calm in front of a Tier One client, with in depth knowledge of agile delivery Desirable Background Large enterprise delivery environments

Establishing AI governance, covering data privacy, IP and acceptable use

Running a hiring loop

GCP or other cloud platforms

Swift or Kotlin for native mobile Why Horizon Digital Join a Perth based AI and custom software consultancy building production grade AI for Tier One clients across mining, energy, finance, healthcare and government

Real technical ownership, you will make the calls on architecture, tooling and delivery for your projects

Fast paced, adaptable culture where things move quickly and change is normal

Hybrid working from George's Terrace, 3 days onsite and 2 from home, with flexible schedule

AWS Generative AI Competency Partner How to Apply ⤵️

If this sounds like you, please apply or email [email protected]

📌 Lead AI Engineer (Perth)
🏢 Horizon Digital
📍 Perth