Principal Agentic Engineer

Liberty; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness perks

Monthly themed lunches

Pride Network

Lend-A-Hand initiatives

Career development

Snacks available

Job summary

Liberty in Melbourne leads the development of AI solutions across the organization. This senior role shapes the Operational AI strategy, drives innovation, and ensures governance and quality in production systems.

You will lead a squad, design state-of-the-art AI models, and collaborate with multiple departments to deploy scalable AI capabilities that support business decisions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in AI/ML with operational deployment.
• Strong track record of leading teams and technical decisions.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and shape the emerging Operational AI strategy and standards.
• Lead the technical direction of the squad with reviews and guidance.
• Develop and mentor team members through coaching and delegation.

Skills

AI leadership

Team leadership

ML deployment

Cloud services

Agile methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related field

Tools

AI frameworks

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy AI models, algorithms, and systems that solve complex business problems. You will be responsible for shaping the technical strategy, driving innovation, and ensuring that AI systems meet the needs of the business while maintaining high standards of governance and quality.

What you’ll be doing:

• Strategy Development: Own and shape the emerging Operational AI strategy, developing a clear vision, road map, and standards for AI solutions across the organisation.
• Leadership & Decision Making: Lead the technical direction of your squad, reviewing designs, offering guidance, and ensuring high-quality, efficient outcomes.
• Team Development: Foster the growth of your team through coaching, directing, and delegating tasks, tailoring your approach to individual experience levels.
• AI Solution Development: Design, research, and operationalise state-of-the-art AI models and systems, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and efficient in production.
• Data Insights: Analyse large datasets to derive meaningful insights that support AI model training and business decision-making.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with various departments to integrate AI solutions into products and services, ensuring alignment with business goals and enhancing operational efficiency.
• Documentation & Reporting: Create detailed documentation, reports, and dashboards to share learning, best practices, and insights within the team and organization.
• Quality & Risk Management: Uphold a high standard of quality and evidence-based decision-making, ensuring compliance with risk management protocols.
• Engineering Practices: Champion modern development techniques, including automation, infrastructure as code, and automated testing, to ensure scalability and efficiency.

Key Requirements:

• Proven experience in AI and machine learning, with a strong track record of developing and deploying operational AI models.
• Expertise in operationalizing AI systems, with knowledge of LLMs, prompt engineering, and scaling AI solutions in production environments.
• Strong leadership skills, including experience in guiding teams, making technical decisions, and fostering collaboration.
• Experience working with AI frameworks, cloud services, and AI deployment best practices.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience in an Agile environment.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A commitment to quality, risk management, and compliance in all technical processes.

At Liberty, we celebrate people bringing their most genuine and authentic selves to work and we’re incredibly proud of the diverse and inclusive culture we’ve built. We’re living this commitment through our gender equality, disability, LGBTQ+, mental health and religious and cultural initiatives. As we work towards helping people get financial, we acknowledge and value the contribution of indigenous Australians, Torres Strait Islanders and other cultural minority communities.

We strive for diversity and inclusion within our workforce and deliver a number of initiatives for our community. We are proud to be endorsed by Work180 and a certified B Corporation.

We are thrilled to be finalists in the Australian Employer of Choice and HR Team of the Year Awards – we will never be finished making Liberty the best place to work. We believe it’s the little extras that can make a big difference in helping our team meet their needs. There’s more to working at Liberty than just great financial rewards - we provide access to a large number of great benefits such as:

• Wellness perks including, free counselling, yoga and meditation classes, flu vaccinations, health-checks, massages, private health and gym subsidies
• We are social with monthly themed lunches and events, EOY and EOFY parties corporate casual dress
• Community groups such as our Internal Pride Network (LGBTQI+), Women in Leadership, Green Stars (environmental enthusiasts!) and more
• An opportunity to give back to the community with our Lend-A-Hand initiatives
• Fantastic growth and career progression opportunities with access to online development courses
• There's more?! Yes, we have coffee, daily fruit, constant snacks available anytime

About Liberty

Helping people is in our DNA. As the leading non-bank lender in Australia, for decades we have been providing free-thinking loans and have helped over 500,000 people get financial. We offer a broad range of flexible and custom products and are passionate about building and delivering exceptional experiences for our customers.

We are a collaborative and social community that pride ourselves on being values driven. We base our vision of being the leading finance group that champions free thinking on FLAIR, our five key values that guide us to always be Fair, Learning, Accountable, Invested and Resourceful. These values inform everything we do, from how we look at the world, engage with our customers and treat each other.

Liberty is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all people, regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.