AI Engineer

Storyful; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusively ours - Access to News Corp

Perks & discounts

Onsite gym access

Parental leave

Volunteer leave

Career break

Compassionate leave

Financial wellbeing

Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking a Python backend engineer to build and scale AI systems powering editorial products. You will own model quality, measurement, and cost/latency as the systems scale, working directly with journalists and editors in a hybrid setup.

The role offers a split between Southbank or Surry Hills offices with two days remote, promoting collaboration with News Corp's diverse brands and a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Strong Python backend experience in production environments.
• Experience building LLM-powered applications on Gemini, OpenAI or Anthropic models.
• Multi-agent orchestration with a framework; Google ADK or LangGraph is acceptable.
• Solid RAG with embeddings, chunking, grounding and citations.
• Scalable concurrency: queues, rate limiting and retries.
• GCP experience, including Cloud Run and Cloud Run Jobs.
• 3+ years engineering experience.
• Nice to have Vertex AI and related agent engines.
• Knowledge of observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale AI systems behind editorial products.
• Own quality and proper measurement of system outputs.
• Keep cost and latency at sensible levels as we scale.
• Collaborate with journalists and editors to meet newsroom needs.
• Develop retrieval, agents and pipelines for production use.

Skills

Python backend

LLM apps

Multi-agent framework

RAG depth

Job queues

GCP cloud

3+ years

Vertex AI

Observability tools

AI space awareness

Tools

Google ADK

LangGraph

Gemini

OpenAI

Anthropic

Cloud Run

Cloud Run Jobs

Job description

What's the role?

Editorial Innovation builds and supports AI capability for our newsrooms. We're a small team working directly with journalists and editors, taking ideas from prototype to something the newsroom uses every day.

In this role, you'll build and scale the AI systems behind our editorial products: the agents, the retrieval, and the pipelines that run them. You'll own the quality of what those systems produce, measure it properly, and keep cost and latency sensible as we scale. You'll work directly with journalists and editors, whose judgment sets the bar. This role can be based at either our Southbank, VIC or Surry Hills, NSW office with 2 days per week from home.

Who are you?

• Strong Python engineer with production backend experience


• You’ve built LLM powered applications on Gemini, OpenAI or Anthropic models


• Multi agent orchestration and a framework. Google ADK preferred, LangGraph or similar is fine


• Real RAG depth across embeddings, chunking, grounding and citations


• Concurrency at scale, including job queues, rate limiting and retries


• Cloud experience, GCP preferred, including Cloud Run and Cloud Run Jobs


• 3+ years engineering


• Nice to have Vertex AI, including Gemini and Agent Engines


• LLM eval and observability tooling such as Braintrust or OpenTelemetry (OTel)


• You follow the agentic and AI space closely and have a view on what's worth adopting

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.

Benefits

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family


• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits


• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)


• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.


• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

Further initiatives

• Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career


• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives


• Workplace Inclusion and facilities - Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

We are proud to be Australia’s most impactful media group, we’re even prouder of what we stand for: Together, we inform, advocate and inspire all Australians, for a better Australia. With over 150 brands across news, sport and lifestyle, backed by a team of more than 5,000 dedicated people across the country, News Corp Australia is trusted by over 17 million Australians a month to provide the information and inspiration they seek across multiple digital, video, audio and print platforms. Renowned for world‑class journalism and marketing services nationally and internationally, we are passionate, creative and dynamic. We offer a fast‑paced environment that encourages individuals to take control of their future and challenge themselves in ever‑changing fields. News Corp Australia is evolving in response to the expectations and challenges of the digital world in which we now live. We have an amazing opportunity to reinvent our industry and redefine the future of media in Australia. We are passionate about what we do and are proud of our heritage of world‑class journalism and entrepreneurial spirit. Our environment is supportive and friendly, we encourage innovation, collaboration and creative thinking. If you thrive on being challenged and enjoy working in a fast‑paced stimulating environment, come and join us on this incredible journey.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply! We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know here. In order for us to assist you, please ensure you include the role title you are applying for in the subject line. For more information regarding Diversity at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the Diversity@News section.