Job Description
Salient is partnering with one of the most exciting Applied AI businesses in the world to find Lead / Staff-level AI Engineers capable of leading complex Generative AI projects from architecture through to production.
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This isn't a research role, an internal platform team, or another job wrapping APIs around ChatGPT.
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You'll work directly with major enterprise customers, taking ambiguous business problems and determining what should be built, how it should be architected, and how a team gets it into production. Autonomy and Ownership will be guaranteed for you to succeed in leading projects with your stamp.
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You'll remain deeply hands-on while providing technical leadership across projects.
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What you'll be doing:
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Own system design and major technical decisions
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Build production agentic and LLM-powered applications
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Design tool-calling workflows, structured outputs, evaluations and enterprise integrations
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Establish engineering standards and guide other engineers
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Work directly with senior customer stakeholders
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Write production-quality Python and solve the hardest technical problems yourself
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Work with frontier AI capabilities, including technology ahead of broader public release




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We're looking for engineers with:
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Exceptional Python / software engineering fundamentals
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Robust architecture and system design experience
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Experience owning technical direction or leading engineering projects
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Solid understanding of tool calling, structured outputs, evaluation and up-to-date LLM systems
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A production mindset across testing, reliability and observability
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Confidence working directly with customers and senior stakeholders
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You don't need to be an Engineering Manager.
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This is for engineers who want more technical influence without moving away from building.
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The team cares deeply about engineering quality. AI can help you write code, but it can't replace engineering judgement.
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Work at the frontier of Applied AI
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Own architecture, not tickets
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Access the latest OpenAI models and capabilities
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See projects reach production in weeks, not quarters
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Work alongside genuinely exceptional engineers
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Staff/Lead IC career path
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Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents only.
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📌 Staff Ai Engineer New South Wales
🏢 Salient Group
📍 New South Wales