Remote: Hybrid

SolStak is hiring an AI Data Scientist to develop and deploy machine learning capabilitiesfor secure, mission-ready analytics. You will work on sovereign AI solutions that supportoperational decision-making in Defence and government contexts.What you'll doDesign, train and evaluate ML models for classification, forecasting and NLP use casesBuild reproducible data science pipelines and MLOps workflowsCollaborate with platform engineers to deploy models in accredited environmentsApply responsible AI practices including bias testing and model explainabilityTranslate complex analytical outputs into actionable insights for stakeholdersWhat we're looking forStrong background in statistics, machine learning and Python data science stacksExperience with feature engineering, model validation and production deploymentCuriosity, rigour and a passion for sovereign innovationMinimum two years of proven experience in a relevant roleOwn GitLab instance and home lab workplace (highly desirable)Existing Australian Government security clearance (highly desirable)Industry certifications (highly desirable)What it feels like to work hereAI and data science at SolStak isn't theoretical — your models support operationaldecision-making in accredited environments. You'll work with clean, mission-relevantdatasets,



partner closely with platform engineers on deployment, and see your work move fromnotebook to production. The culture rewards intellectual rigour and practical delivery in equalmeasure.Why engineers joinBuild sovereign AI capabilities for Defence and government missionsWork on real MLOps pipelines in secure, accredited environmentsCollaborate with cloud, data and cyber teams on end-to-end AI programmesApply responsible AI practices with national security contextHybrid flexibility across VIC, NSW and ACT with a research-minded teamWhat technologies you're exposed toData scientists at SolStak work across the full technology stack — from raw data platformsthrough to cloud deployment, virtualisation and security controls.Cloudera, Spark, Hive, feature stores and enterprise data pipelinesBigQuery, cloud data warehouses and large-scale analytics platformsAWS SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI and sovereign cloud AI servicesGPU compute, model serving and scalable inference infrastructureKubernetes model deployment, OpenShift and containerised ML workloadsPython, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLflow and MLOps toolingSecurity productsSecure data handling, classification and privacy-preserving analyticsModel governance, audit trails and integration with enterprise security tooling

📌 AI Data Scientist (Canberra)
🏢 Sol Stak Pty
📍 Canberra