Lead engineering for data science + AI at scale. AWS, team leadership, prototype-to-production. $150–160/day, 7.5h/hour, Nov start.

A high-impact engineering leadership role designing and delivering cloud-based data science and AI solutions. You'll lead a team of data engineers, ML specialists, and DevOps engineers, setting technical standards and moving prototypes into production at scale.

Reporting to a Delivery Lead, you'll partner with senior data scientists, government technology teams, and stakeholders to deliver operationally sound, maintainable, secure data science capabilities. This role is essential to moving the portfolio from prototype-heavy delivery to repeatable, reusable patterns.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
Lead the design and delivery of engineering approaches for data science and AI solutions
Guide a team of ML, DevOps, and Data Engineering specialists
Design reusable cloud architecture patterns (AWS, approved government settings)
Build pathways for prototypes and POCs to reach production-readiness
Establish best practices for data pipelines, ML engineering, DevOps, monitoring
Collaborate with senior data scientists, delivery leads, technology teams, and stakeholders

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR





Essential
Demonstrated delivery of data science / ML solutions to AWS or cloud platforms
Engineering leadership for complex data science or AI projects
Experience designing and implementing prototype-to-production pathways
Robust understanding of data engineering, ML engineering, DevOps, cloud architecture
Ability to work collaboratively across technical and non-technical teams

Desirable
Government or regulated-sector delivery background
Familiarity with MLOps, LLMOps, retrieval-augmented generation, responsible AI
Experience with infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, model monitoring and evaluation
Track record of creating reusable reference architectures or technical documentation

THE DETAILS
Rate: $150–160/hour inc. super
Hours: 7.5 hours
Location: Sydney or Melbourne (2 days in office, 3 from home)
Engagement: Labour hire contract, 12 months + 12-month extension possible
Start Date: 2nd November 2026
Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain NV1 (we support the process)
Citizenship: Australian citizens only
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