AI Lead | Adelaide (On-site) | $180k - $200k + Super

Are you a senior AI engineer or architect ready to own the technical direction of generative and agentic AI across a platform used by some of the world's most important security and intelligence organisations?

ABOUT THE COMPANY

My client is an Adelaide-headquartered, globally recognised software company delivering AI-enabled intelligence solutions to government, defence, national security, law enforcement and enterprise customers across Australia and internationally. Their large-scale, web-based platform helps analysts uncover and assess risks hidden in vast amounts of open-source data. It's a high-growth, mission-driven business where your work has real-world impact.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As AI Lead, you'll drive the design and integration of advanced AI capabilities across an enterprise-grade product suite. You'll own the AI architecture and technical roadmap, set the standards the engineering team builds to, and stay hands-on in designing and delivering AI features into production. This is a technical leadership role with no direct reports.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Lead the architecture and implementation of AI features, including generative and agentic AI capabilities
- Scope and design AI components that integrate seamlessly with existing software stacks
- Set engineering best practices for AI development and act as the go-to technical authority and mentor for the engineering team
- Architect scalable,



AI-enabled features for cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP)
- Partner with product and data science teams to align AI solutions with business objectives and compliance requirements
- Ensure AI architectures support robust evaluation and continuous monitoring for accuracy and reliability

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

- 10+ years in software engineering or technology development, with significant hands-on experience in AI architecture and implementation
- A proven track record designing and deploying generative and agentic AI solutions
- Solid grounding in software engineering principles, data storage and cloud architecture
- Strong technical leadership, problem-solving and communication skills, including the ability to influence without authority and produce clear technical documentation (e.g. UML)
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field
- Familiarity with web technologies and frameworks such as React and Spring is highly regarded

WHAT'S ON OFFER

- $180,000 - $200,000 base + superannuation
- Full ownership of the AI technical direction on a globally used platform
- The chance to work on meaningful, mission-driven technology
- A collaborative team environment in Adelaide

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

- This role is based on-site in Adelaide, 5 days per week
- Australian Citizenship is mandatory due to NV1 defence security clearance eligibility requirements

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