Job Description
Location
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South Melbourne
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Reports to
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Director of AI & Product
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Overview
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Lead the engineering function of one of Australia's fastest-growing AI automation companies, building scalable AI solutions that deliver real business impact.
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Compensation & Benefits
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Competitive executive salary + performance incentives
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Hands‐on leadership role with direct influence on company growth
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Opportunity to shape the technical roadmap, delivery systems, and engineering culture from the ground up
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About The Company
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BusinessAI is Australia's first full-service AI automation partner, helping small and medium businesses unlock efficiency, growth, and scale through practical AI solutions.
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Specialises in AI education, automation strategy, and implementation
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Builds AI agents and automation systems that deliver measurable commercial outcomes
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Focused on turning AI potential into real‐world business execution
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Backed by experienced operators with strong growth momentum
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Driven by innovation, customer outcomes, and operational excellence
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About The Role
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This is a full‐time Head of Engineering role leading BusinessAI's engineering capability across delivery, systems architecture, team leadership, and technical strategy.
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Lead engineering delivery across customer and internal AI solutions
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Build and mentor a high‐performing engineering team
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Design scalable frameworks, accelerators, and reusable AI components
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Work directly with the Director of AI on roadmap execution and technical strategy
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Act as the senior technical authority in customer‐facing engagements
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What You'll Do
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Lead engineering delivery across customer engagements and internal platform development
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Write code,



prototype solutions, and establish engineering best practices
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Design and deliver AI agents, automation systems, APIs, and orchestration frameworks
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Build scalable delivery models that improve speed, quality, and margin
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Manage and mentor engineering talent across onshore and offshore teams
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Implement engineering standards including TDD, CI/CD, and scalable deployment practices
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Partner with consulting and sales teams during solution scoping and customer workshops
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Translate business challenges into commercially viable technical solutions
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Develop reusable technical IP, frameworks, and accelerators that strengthen competitive advantage
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Ensure engineering quality, governance, reliability, and consistency across all delivered solutions
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Skills & Experience
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We are looking for a highly capable engineering leader with deep technical expertise and strong commercial awareness.
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8+ years of hands‐on software engineering experience
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Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams in SaaS or AI environments
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Demonstrated success delivering production‐grade solutions to external customers
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Solid expertise across modern AI/ML stacks including LLMs, agent frameworks, retrieval systems, and orchestration patterns
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Advanced Python experience with strong API development capabilities across REST and GraphQL
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Experience implementing TDD and CI/CD practices across engineering teams
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Working knowledge of modern front‐end frameworks such as React, Vue, or Next.js
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Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
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Commercial mindset with the ability to contribute to scoping, pricing, and solution design discussions
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Comfortable operating in fast‐paced, high‐growth startup environments
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Culture
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High‐performance, execution‐focused environment
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Strong emphasis on ownership, accountability, and innovation
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Direct collaboration with senior leadership and strategic decision‐makers
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Fast‐moving startup culture with significant growth opportunities
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Focused on practical AI outcomes and measurable customer impact
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Perks
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Competitive executive salary package
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Performance incentives tied to delivery and business growth
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Direct influence over technical strategy and engineering standards
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Opportunity to build and shape the engineering function from an early stage
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Exposure to cutting‐edge AI technologies and enterprise implementations
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Collaborative environment with strong leadership support
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Clear pathway toward long‐term leadership and equity growth opportunities
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Key Success Metrics
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On‐time and on‐margin delivery of customer engagements
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Engineering quality and customer satisfaction outcomes
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Scalability and efficiency improvements across delivery systems
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Team capability, retention, and engineering performance
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Growth and leverage of reusable technical IP and frameworks
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Consistency and reliability of solutions delivered under the BusinessAI brand
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Click APPLY to join the BusinessAI team.
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📌 Head Of Engineering (Victoria)
🏢 BusinessAI
📍 Victoria