First AI Engineer: Build & Scale AI-Driven Platform

Paradino; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Paradino is hiring its first AI Engineer to own the AI platform, collaborating closely with founders and the engineering team. You will shape how AI capabilities are built and deployed, from agent design to evaluation and product development, in a fast-paced, AI-first environment.

You’ll work hands-on across systems, tackle regulation and reliability challenges, and drive scalable, trusted AI solutions for advisers and clients.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building and shipping production-grade AI applications.
• Deep knowledge of modern LLMs, agent architectures and AI tooling.
• Strong Python skills and the ability to work across the broader technology stack.
• Experience designing evaluation frameworks and measuring AI performance in production.
• A practical understanding of RAG patterns, retrieval strategies and model optimisation.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Own AI platform components and patterns powering Paradino's capabilities.
• Work on agent design, evaluation frameworks, prompt engineering and product development.
• Collaborate with founders and engineers to define the technical direction of the platform.
• Ensure reliability, scalability and regulatory alignment in AI systems.
• Contribute to building products in an AI-first company.

Skills

Production-grade AI apps

LLMs & agent architectures

Python

Evaluation frameworks

RAG patterns

Communication

Job description

Paradino is hiring its first AI Engineer to own the AI platform, collaborating closely with founders and the engineering team. You will shape how AI capabilities are built and deployed, from agent design to evaluation and product development, in a fast-paced, AI-first environment.

You’ll work hands-on across systems, tackle regulation and reliability challenges, and drive scalable, trusted AI solutions for advisers and clients.