Data Science & AI Engineering Architect

Permanent Opportunity | Melbourne | Large Retail Organisation

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Data Science & AI Engineering Architect to join a large, well-known retail organisation and lead a multidisciplinary team delivering enterprise-scale Data and AI solutions. Leading a team of approximately 20 people, you’ll bring strong technical leadership across AI/ML, Data Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering and DevOps, while ensuring solutions deliver measurable business value.

What you’ll be doing

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Lead a multidisciplinary team of Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Data Engineers, Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers and QA specialists.
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Own the successful delivery of AI, machine learning and data solutions across scope, budget, quality and timelines.
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Provide technical leadership across the design and development of scalable, production-ready AI/ML and data platforms.
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Partner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate business problems into practical Data & AI solutions.
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Establish and uplift engineering standards across software development, data engineering and ML model development.
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Drive modern DevOps, CI/CD, automation, testing and QA practices to improve delivery speed and reliability.
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Ensure production AI and data solutions are secure, reliable, well-governed and meeting agreed SLAs.
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Build a strong engineering culture focused on experimentation, innovation and continuous improvement.
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Mentor and develop team members, creating clear career pathways and building future technical leaders.
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Stay across emerging AI and data technologies and help shape the organisation’s future technology roadmap.

What we’re looking for

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Proven experience leading a large, multidisciplinary technical team, ideally 15-20+ people.
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Strong technical background spanning AI/ML, Data Science, Data Engineering and Software Engineering.
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Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.
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Experience delivering complex AI and data solutions into production within a large enterprise workplace.
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Demonstrated ability to balance technical leadership, people leadership and delivery management.
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Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across Product, Technology and senior business stakeholders.
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Experience building high-performing teams and developing engineering capability.
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Retail or similarly large-scale, data-rich enterprise experience would be highly regarded.

The opportunity

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a significant Data & AI capability within a large enterprise environment. You’ll lead an established technical team, influence the organisation’s AI strategy and play a key role in delivering solutions that have genuine business and customer impact.
Permanent opportunity | Melbourne | Competitive salary package
For more information, contact Melissa Haddad at **************@talentinternational.com

📌 Data Science/AI Architect (Melbourne)
🏢 Talent
📍 Melbourne