Job Description

Lead AI Engineer | GenAI, LLMs & Agentic Systemsn

Sydney CBD | Hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days WFH
Up to $160k + Super + Equity

The Opportunityn

We're partnering with an innovative, technology-driven Australian business looking for a Lead AI Engineer to take ownership of its growing AI capability.

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This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on AI Engineer who enjoys solving real-world problems, experimenting with emerging technologies and turning AI concepts into production-ready solutions.

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You'll have significant autonomy to shape the technical direction, evaluate different AI approaches and build intelligent products that deliver genuine business and customer value.

What You'll Be Doingn

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- Lead the design, development and deployment of production-grade AI/LLM solutions.
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- Build and optimise solutions leveraging LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, tool use and fine-tuning.
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- Develop robust evaluation frameworks to measure model quality, accuracy, reliability and performance.
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- Experiment with different models and approaches, including open-source and proprietary LLMs.
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- Own the end-to-end AI engineering lifecycle, from experimentation and prototyping through to production.
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- Establish engineering best practices around model evaluation, monitoring, safety and scalability.
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- Work closely with product and engineering stakeholders to translate business challenges into practical AI solutions.
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- Help shape the organisation's long-term Applied AI capability and technical direction.
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What We're Looking Fornn
- Strong hands-on experience building and deploying AI/ML or LLM-powered solutions into production.
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- Deep understanding of modern Generative AI, including LLMs, RAG, embeddings, agents and model evaluation.
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- Experience with fine-tuning, post-training or other model optimisation techniques.
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- Strong Python and software engineering fundamentals.
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- Ability to design evaluation methodologies, establish benchmarks and systematically improve model performance.
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- Experience making technical decisions around model selection, quality, latency, cost and scalability.
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- Comfortable operating independently in a rapid-moving environment with evolving requirements.
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- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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You don't necessarily need an existing Lead title. We're equally interested in strong Senior AI Engineers who are ready to take greater technical ownership.

Why Consider This Prospect?n

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- Technical ownership: Shape an AI capability rather than inherit an established approach.
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- Hands-on engineering: Stay close to the technology while influencing technical strategy.
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- Modern AI challenges: Work across LLMs, RAG, agents, evaluation and model optimisation.
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- Real-world impact: Build AI solutions that directly influence customer experiences.
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- Equity opportunity: Share in the long-term growth of the business.
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- Flexible working: Sydney CBD office three days per week, with two days working from home.
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Interested?n

If you're an experienced AI Engineer who enjoys building, experimenting and taking ownership of meaningful technical challenges, we'd love to hear from you.

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Apply now or reach out to Joseph Lee at Method Recruitment Group for a confidential discussion.

📌 Lead AI Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Method Recruitment Bullhorn
📍 Sydney