Lead Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Lead Engineer (AI): Designing and building agent-based solutions from the ground up for AI-led insurance with an accent on scalable AI-native systems and agentic orchestration. Focus on building RAG pipelines, implementing AI evaluation frameworks, and driving engineering excellence through DevSecOps and AIOps.

Location: Hybrid in Australia (3 days in the office and 2 days working from home per week)

Company

A global leader in the insurance industry driving digital transformation and focused on sustainable growth.

What you will do

• Lead the end-to-end development of AI agents and agentic orchestration solutions in production environments.
• Drive engineering excellence through strong DevSecOps and AIOps practices to ensure security, reliability, and resilience.
• Establish robust evaluation, monitoring, and observability frameworks to improve quality, accuracy, and performance.
• Build scalable, reusable components and contribute to shared frameworks, standards, and internal documentation.
• Optimize developer productivity through AI-powered engineering tools and automation across the delivery lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, product, and design teams to solve business problems using AI-native approaches.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in software engineering, machine learning, or data science within cloud-native environments.
• Strong programming capability in Python and TypeScript, with experience using modern AI frameworks.
• Proven experience building AI agents, RAG pipelines, or agentic systems using LLM-based development frameworks.
• Deep understanding of AI evaluation, observability, and optimization techniques to improve model reliability.
• Experience with AWS services and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools to manage scalable cloud solutions.
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps, data engineering concepts, and working in Agile, product-led delivery environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous leave policy: 5 weeks of annual leave and 15 days of personal/carer's leave.
• Hybrid working arrangement with a focus on employee wellbeing.
• Financial perks including an AUD$500 annual wellbeing payment and AUD$295 WFH setup voucher.
• Access to award-winning training programs and global mobility opportunities across 200+ countries.
• Inclusive and diverse work environment with state-of-the-art Green Star rated offices.