Lead Data Scientist / Lead AI Engineer - GenAI - Sydney
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Posted 19h ago
- $160-180K + Super + 10% Bonus + ESOP
- Sydney CBD - Hybrid 3 days a week in office
- Rapidly growing scale-up - opportunity to build innovative GenAI solutions!
The Opportunity
Our client is a high-growth scale-up on a mission to expand and make an impact through the delivery of innovative AI and automation solutions.
They’re seeking a Lead Data Scientist and a Lead AI Engineer to lead the design, engineering and delivery of GenAI solutions across a broad range of enterprise projects. This includes building AI agents, architecting end-to-end machine learning systems, and guiding strategic AI readiness consulting engagements. You'll act as a technical lead, people manager, and client advisor - playing a pivotal role in shaping how the business scales its AI capabilities.
The role is paying $160-180K + Super +10% Bonus + ESOP with a hybrid work environment (3-4 days a week in Sydney CBD office).
The ideal candidate is commercially minded, technically excellent, and deeply curious about the evolving AI landscape, especially Generative AI. Whether you've had hands-on GenAI experience or are actively exploring it in your own time, you'll need to demonstrate the ability to turn ideas into real-world, high-impact solutions.
Key ResponsibilitiesOur client is a high-growth scale-up on a mission to expand and make an impact through the delivery of innovative AI and automation solutions.
They’re seeking a Lead Data Scientist and a Lead AI Engineer to lead the design, engineering and delivery of GenAI solutions across a broad range of enterprise projects. This includes building AI agents, architecting end-to-end machine learning systems, and guiding strategic AI readiness consulting engagements. You'll act as a technical lead, people manager, and client advisor - playing a pivotal role in shaping how the business scales its AI capabilities.
The role is paying $160-180K + Super +10% Bonus + ESOP with a hybrid work environment (3-4 days a week in Sydney CBD office).
The ideal candidate is commercially minded, technically excellent, and deeply curious about the evolving AI landscape, especially Generative AI. Whether you've had hands-on GenAI experience or are actively exploring it in your own time, you'll need to demonstrate the ability to turn ideas into real-world, high-impact solutions.
- Lead complex GenAI and data science projects from discovery to production
- Mentor and grow a small team of data scientists and engineers
- Engage with clients as a trusted technical advisor - shaping roadmaps, presenting solutions, and influencing senior stakeholders
- Architect AI systems and integrate models, workflows, and APIs into scalable solutions
- Contribute to product strategy by feeding back market insights and customer needs
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, marketing, and delivery teams
- Stay ahead of the curve on new AI tools, trends, and methods - especially GenAI
What You’ll Bring
- 7+ years of experience in data science, with solid machine learning and AI engineering skills
- Confident in client-facing roles - leading workshops, scoping engagements, and delivering design architecture proposals and technical presentations
- Deep interest in Generative AI and emerging technologies
- Tech/team leadership experience in data science
- Retail analytics experience is a bonus
- Coding experience with Python and familiarity with modern AI stacks (e.g. LangChain, Hugging Face, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
- Experience building scalable data pipelines and working with cloud-native tools (e.g. Snowflake, dbt, Airflow)
- A start-up / scale-up mindset: adaptable, proactive, commercially driven, and excited to shape something from the ground up
This is a rare chance to join an emerging player in the AI space and shape its technical direction at a foundational level. You’ll work on exciting, future-focused projects with a passionate, collaborative team and have a real voice in how the business evolves.
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