Chief Engineer, AI & Data Platform Leader

Westpac; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac is seeking a Chief Engineer – Westpac Intelligence to lead the technical vision, engineering strategy and evolution of the Intelligence Platform. This executive role provides end-to-end technical leadership and ownership of the platform, shaping architecture, standards and engineering direction for data products, analytics, ML and decisioning capabilities.

The ideal candidate will drive platform adoption of modern engineering approaches across AI, machine learning and intelligent

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large-scale engineering organisations and enterprise technology transformations.
• Deep technical expertise across modern data and cloud ecosystems including Microsoft Azure, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, Teradata and Snowflake.
• Strong knowledge of Machine Learning platforms and MLOps frameworks such as Azure ML, H2O, MLflow and Enterprise Decisioning Platforms.
• Extensive experience delivering Data Products and modern data platform capabilities.
• Demonstrated success driving platform performance, operational excellence and cost optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategic technical direction of the Westpac Intelligence Platform.
• Lead engineering roadmaps supporting Data Products, Advanced Analytics, MLOps and Decisioning capabilities.
• Establish platform standards, engineering frameworks and architectural guardrails that enable scalable and secure delivery.
• Embed DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices across the Intelligence Platform.
• Coach and mentor senior engineers and technical leaders, helping build enterprise engineering capability.

Skills

Leadership

Data platforms

Cloud technologies

AI/ML leadership

Engineering strategy

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Synapse Analytics

Databricks

Teradata

Snowflake

Azure ML

H2O

MLflow

Enterprise Decisioning Platforms

Job description

Westpac is seeking a Chief Engineer – Westpac Intelligence to lead the technical vision, engineering strategy and evolution of the Intelligence Platform. This executive role provides end-to-end technical leadership and ownership of the platform, shaping architecture, standards and engineering direction for data products, analytics, ML and decisioning capabilities.

The ideal candidate will drive platform adoption of modern engineering approaches across AI, machine learning and intelligent