Opus Recruitment Solutions
Lead AI Engineer
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Salary:
A$230,000 – A$340,000 / year
Location:
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Work mode:
Hybrid
Published on:
27 August 2026
What they need
About the role
This is a highly autonomous role where you'll lead projects from problem definition through to production, partnering directly with customers and owning key architectural decisions. You'll stay hands-on while influencing technical direction across multiple engagements.
Key responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end GenAI and Agentic AI projects
- Design scalable architectures and make key technical decisions
- Build production-grade LLM and AI-powered applications
- Develop agent workflows, tool integrations, and evaluation frameworks
- Mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices
- Work directly with enterprise stakeholders
- Solve complex problems using Python and modern AI technologies
About you
- Strong Python software engineering
- Proven examples of building and deploying GenAI, LLM, RAG or Agentic AI solutions
- Proven architecture and system design capability
- Strong production mindset around reliability, testing and scalability
- Comfortable engaging with customers and senior stakeholders
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