AI Product Engineer

Royal Children's Hospital; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 114,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

Royal Children’s Hospital is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to design, build and deploy production AI solutions that address real clinical and operational problems. You will work across the full deployment pipeline, from concept validation to production delivery, within a small, autonomous team.

The role involves orchestration of AI with deterministic logic and collaboration with engineers, clinicians and staff. AO71–AO75 salary plus super reflects seniority and location.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline, and/or significant relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying production software systems, with strong backend development, API design, and at least one of frontend development or infrastructure.
• Practical experience with AI orchestration in a production context, including prompt engineering, multi-step prompt chains, agent architectures, retrieval-augmented generation, or hybrid systems combining AI with deterministic logic.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production AI solutions addressing clinical and operational problems at Royal Children’s Hospital.
• Work across the full pipeline—from evaluating AI suitability to designing orchestration architecture to delivering the end product.
• Join a small team with high autonomy and ownership, moving AI from validated concept to production.

Skills

AI orchestration

Backend development

API design

Frontend development

Infrastructure

Prompt engineering

Education

CS/SE/IT degree or equivalent

Job description

The role reports to the Head of Intelligent Automation and works closely with engineers, clinical specialists, and operational staff.

Key responsibilities

• You will be responsible for designing, building, and deploying production AI solutions that address real clinical and operational problems at RCH — spanning revenue integrity, clinical workflow, diagnostic support, surveillance, and service design.
• You will work across the full pipeline, from evaluating whether an AI-based approach is suitable for a problem, through designing the appropriate orchestration architecture, to building and delivering the end product.
• You will join a small team that operates with a high degree of autonomy and collective ownership, working together to move AI from validated concept through to production.
• This role's classification is AO71 to AO75 ($114,436.4 - $124,912.84 per annum pro rata, plus super).

What you need

• Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, and/or significant relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying production software systems, with strong capability across backend development, API design, and at least one of frontend development or infrastructure.
• Practical experience with AI orchestration in a production context, including prompt engineering, multi-step prompt chains, agent architectures, retrieval-augmented generation, or hybrid systems combining AI with deterministic logic.