About Us

At Sportsbet, we're united behind our purpose to Bring Excitement to Life for over 2.4 million customers. We do this by delivering fun, challenging the status quo, and living our values. As part of the global Flutter Group, we're a major player internationally—but in Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin, we're a tight‑knit team of 1,300+ teammates (with over half in Tech & Data Science). Our commitment to responsible gambling is genuine and demonstrated through the wide range of responsible gambling initiatives and tools. We're proud to be the leaders in responsible gambling in our industry, not just locally, but globally.

We are one of the top workplaces for Women through WORK180. WORK180 is a leading platform that independently assesses employers on policies, benefits and practices that support women and underrepresented groups at work. We remain committed to making Sportsbet the best place to work and encourage you to explore our employer profile on the WORK180 website to learn more about what we offer.

About The Role

We're building intelligent systems that redefine how our customers experience our products, and we're looking for a Lead Engineer – AI/ML to help lead that journey. This role sits at the heart of our AI & Machine Learning ambition, shaping the technical vision behind scalable, ethical, and high-impact AI solutions. You'll partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to turn bold ideas into production-ready platforms, guiding teams from early experimentation through to enterprise-grade delivery. As a trusted technical authority and mentor, you'll set the standard for engineering excellence, foster a culture of continuous learning, and champion responsible AI practices that put trust, transparency, and customer outcomes first. If you're motivated by solving complex problems, growing exceptional engineers, and creating technology that genuinely matters, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Responsibilities Include:

• Acting as the Technical SME for key business stakeholders.
• Define and own the technical vision for ML and AI engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, platform strategy, and long-term scalability.
• Lead end-to-end solution design across data ingestion, feature engineering, model serving, and AI application integration.
• Provide authoritative guidance on ML and AI practices, including CI/CD for ML, automated testing, observability, and model lifecycle management.
• Conduct deep technical reviews of solution designs, code, and architecture to ensure robustness, maintainability, and adherence to engineering standards.
• Champion responsible AI principles, ensuring solutions incorporate fairness, transparency, privacy, and security considerations.

About You

While we are big on development and offer on the job training, we want to set you up for success. You will have proven expertise and experience in the following:

• Strong application development expertise in Python and/or Java, including use of AI coding tools to drive efficiency.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor across engineering best practices (refactoring, design patterns, scalable and secure application development).
• Deep understanding of ML lifecycle, including feature engineering, feature stores, and data management.
• Experience building scalable AI applications (architecture, RAG systems, frameworks like LangChain/LlamaIndex, and Databricks).
• Strong knowledge of AI system performance, including evaluation frameworks and observability.

The Perks

We work hard and play hard, so along with a competitive salary and generous performance-based bonus for permanent staff members, here's some of our other perks:

• 25 days annual leave (that's right, an additional week's leave!)
• Hybrid working policy (Monday and Friday from home) and a $1,050 home office allowance for new starters.
• Industry leading Parental Leave support program with 26 weeks paid leave for Primary Carers and no wait time. We also have a progressive return to work benefit for your first 6 months back: come back for 3 days, get paid for 4; come back for 4 days, get paid for 5.
• Hack Days - where your creativity and collaborative ideas lead to exciting new ideas and projects for our customers.
• Access to outstanding career development programs, including expert-led internal training and external learning opportunities (staff allowance for personal development)
• Weekly concierge service including free massages and nail appointments – all onsite in our Melbourne office!
• Free breakfast, daily fresh fruit and weekly rotating socials, from Thursday office drinks to fun team events
• End of trip facilities with onsite table tennis and pool tables
• Discounted health insurance and free flu jabs yearly.

Our Focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We don't just support diversity – we celebrate it! This is a workplace where you can thrive and feel safe to bring your whole authentic self to work. What's the Green Tick Feeling? Well, it's different for everyone, yet unites us all. It's the feeling you get when you succeed, no matter what success looks like to you. It's all the little and big things that make you feel like you're thriving when working at Sportsbet. We're an inclusive employer who welcomes you for who you are, as you are – so, if you require adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know in your application. We also know flex means different things to different people, so let us know how we can support you to be your best. If you think you'd be a great fit but don't necessarily meet everything in the job description, please still get in touch.