Lead AI Engineer for Agentic Systems (Onsite Melbourne)

Pearson Carter Limited; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson Carter Limited in Melbourne seeks an AI Engineer to design, build, deploy and maintain production agentic AI systems, working directly with the Founder and guiding a small technical team in a fast-paced startup.

You will own AI architecture, integrations, security, monitoring, compute and strategy, with 3 years of experience and strong REST API, OAuth and webhook skills. Salary around 120,000 AUD plus super.

Qualifications

• 3 years of professional experience in AI engineering.
• Production experience with agentic AI systems.
• Strong REST API, OAuth, and webhook integration skills.
• Understanding of AI security, data privacy, and testing.
• Startup or early-stage experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and build production agentic AI systems.
• Develop integrations across APIs, OAuth, webhooks, and business platforms.
• Own architecture, compute, cost, and scaling decisions.
• Establish AI evaluation, testing, monitoring, and security practices.
• Guide and review the work of a small technical team.
• Advise leadership on AI strategy and build-vs-buy decisions.

Skills

Agentic AI systems

REST API

OAuth

Webhooks

AI security

Monitoring

Deployment

Leadership

Job description

Pearson Carter Limited in Melbourne seeks an AI Engineer to design, build, deploy and maintain production agentic AI systems, working directly with the Founder and guiding a small technical team in a fast-paced startup.

You will own AI architecture, integrations, security, monitoring, compute and strategy, with 3 years of experience and strong REST API, OAuth and webhook skills. Salary around 120,000 AUD plus super.