Attractive Salary Package + meaningful equity The Opportunity
We are looking for a Founding AI Engineer to join at the ground floor and help architect the intelligence layer that powers the entire platform. You will work directly alongside founders, operators and engineers to design and deploy production grade AI systems that create measurable operational leverage across multiple businesses.
This is a rare opportunity for someone who loves building from first principles, thrives in ambiguity and wants to work at the edge of applied AI.
You will move between rapid experimentation and long term platform thinking, solving difficult real world problems rather than developing prototypes that never leave the lab.
What You’ll Be Doing
Build and scale applied AI systems
- Design and deploy multi agent workflows that automate complex operational processes end to end
- Build production grade LLM infrastructure including orchestration, retrieval, evaluation and observability
- Develop knowledge systems including RAG architectures, structured data layers and intelligent retrieval pipelines
- Translate operational complexity into reusable platform primitives that scale across multiple portfolio companies
Own platform perfor
- Drive decisions across architecture, latency, reliability and inference economics
- Improve system quality through evaluation frameworks and continuous learning loops
- Build for production outcomes rather than experimentation
Partner deeply with oprators
- Work directly with portfolio businesses to identify bottlenecks and deploy practical AI solutions
- Rapidly test, iterate and operationalise ideas with measurable business impact
- Influence product direction through robust engineering judgement and customer empathy
Help shape the company
- Establish engineering standards, culture and technical direction
- Contribute to platform strategy and future acquisition integration models
- Be part of building a company designed to compound over decades
About You
You’re an exceptional builder who combines technical depth with product instinct.
You may currently be
- A Founding Engineer or early employee at a startup
- A Senior AI Engineer building production systems
- A CTO or technical founder looking to return to hands on building
- A Staff or Principal Engineer wanting greater ownership and impact
You’ll likely bring
- Proven experience building with LLMs, agents or production AI systems
- Solid software engineering fundamentals across backend, cloud and data infrastructure
- Experience designing scalable architectures in modern environments
- Strong product intuition and obsession with solving real user problems
- Comfort operating in ambiguity with incomplete data and evolving requirements
- High ownership, strong execution and low ego
Bonus points for
- Experience building AI products from zero to one
- Exposure to fintech, services businesses or operational platforms
- Experience with agent orchestration, evaluation frameworks or workflow automation
- Experience across GCP, event driven systems or modern full stack environments
📌 Founding AI Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Arkadia Talent
📍 Sydney
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