Senior AI Engineer - Indigeco Pty Ltd

Indigeco is supporting a major federal Government organisation to recruit a Senior AI Engineer (EL1 equivalent) to join a central Data Science team delivering cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES Lead the design, development and deployment of AI and data science engineering solutions Architect and manage secure, scalable cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud) using Infrastructure as Code Deliver AI projects involving NLP, generative AI, predictive modelling and self-service analytics products Prototype engineering solutions rapidly for high-priority AI initiatives Establish standards, procedures and internal capability across the AI development lifecycle Collaborate with stakeholders, IT providers and end-users to deliver customer-centred solutions Support data ingestion, curation, ETL pipelines and analytics workflows Translate complex technical concepts into clear advice for non-technical audiences YOUR REQUIREMENTS Baseline security clearance (mandatory) Strong experience leading AI, data and cloud engineering work in government or complex environments Proven ability to design, build, test and deploy AI solutions end-to-end Experience working with relational databases and large-scale data platforms Strong knowledge of CI/CD, containerisation, orchestration and DevOps practices Experience with Azure, AWS or Google Cloud environments Well-developed communication skills and stakeholder engagement capability Ability to write and present advice clearly in plain English Desirable experience includes: Generative AI engineering, agent-based solutions and prompt evaluation Deploying and integrating open-weight LLMs via API endpoints Understanding of AI ethics, bias, risk and output evaluation Experience with Python AI libraries such as Hugging Face, PyTorch and llama-cpp Experience with Powe...