AJEKA is building a modern Data & AI transformation capability focused on helping organisations modernise platforms, automate operations and adopt enterprise AI solutions.
We are seeking a senior Principal Engineer to lead our engineering and testing team, develop AJEKA's products and scale our Data, Cloud & AI engineering capability.
This is a hands-on senior technical leadership role responsible for engineering excellence, testing, product development, team leadership and capability growth across Data, Cloud and AI initiatives.
Based in Brisbane, you will lead engineering across client engagements and AJEKA products, building reusable, AI-enabled solutions that streamline delivery and a scalable, full-stack Data & AI engineering capability aligned to AJEKA's target market.
The role combines:
Hands-on technical leadership
Data & AI engineering capability development
Solution Design
Engineering standards, testing and quality
Commercial and pre-sales contribution
Product and practice development
You will work closely with the Managing Director and Head of Delivery to shape technical strategy, build capability and deliver high-quality, reusable solutions for clients.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership, Testing & Quality
Set technical direction and engineering standards, and remain hands-on in development
Own testing strategy, test automation and quality assurance across client engagements
Embed up-to-date engineering practices, including DevOps, DataOps, MLOps and CI/CD
Manage technical risk, quality and technical debt
Engineer reusable components, frameworks and accelerators to streamline future delivery
Build AJEKA's full-stack Data & AI engineering capability, leveraging AI across the engineering lifecycle




Lead capability development across:
Databricks
Data platforms and analytics
AI automation and machine learning engineering
Lead development of AJEKA-based products and reusable IP
Engineering Leadership
Mentor and develop other junior engineers and testers
Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on quality and continuous learning
Lead technical recruitment, workforce planning and capability growth
Develop engineering career pathways, skills frameworks and ways of working
Provide line management and performance leadership across the engineering function
Commercial & Practice Contribution
Lead engineering solutioning and estimation for proposals and Statements of Work
Act as senior technical lead in pre-sales and client pursuits
Support utilisation, margin and engineering performance
Build trusted client relationships through technical excellence
Contribute to practice strategy and capability expansion
You will ideally bring:
Deep understanding of Azure and Databricks ecosystems
Experience defining engineering and testing standards, test automation and modern DevOps/DataOps practices
Strong stakeholder and commercial acumen, with pre-sales and solutioning experience
Experience using AI to accelerate engineering, testing and delivery, and a passion for innovation
Capability to assist and sometime develop design artefacts such as Future State High Level Architecture and Solution Designs
Why Join AJEKA?
Opportunity to shape and scale a growing Data & AI engineering practice
High-impact role with influence across technical strategy, products and capability
Opportunity to work at the forefront of enterprise AI engineering and adoption
Collaborative, entrepreneurial and engineering-led environment

📌 Principal Data Engineer (Brisbane)
🏢 Ajeka
📍 Brisbane