Principal Data Scientist, Responsible & Agentic AI (Hybrid)

Commonwealth Bank; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank is seeking a Principal Data Scientist, Responsible AI, to shape and deliver capabilities across evaluations, runtime assurance and monitoring. You will lead technical direction, guide architecture decisions and empower AI developers to scale Responsible AI practices across the Group.

This hands-on leadership role requires coordinating with data scientists, engineers and risk teams to implement trusted AI solutions, while ensuring governance and strong delivery practices across

Qualifications

• Proven commercial experience in leading the design, build and deployment of production AI systems, including Generative and Agentic AI systems.
• Detailed practical experience in evaluating and managing risk of Generative and Agentic AI systems.
• Strong foundation in Statistics, Probability and Machine Learning with ability to interpret and explain model behaviour.
• Advanced Python, SQL and relevant Deep Learning frameworks.
• Cloud environments (AWS or Azure), version control, CI/CD, containerization, monitoring and observability.
• Experience applying responsible AI, model governance, risk management and documentation in regulated environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication, able to influence senior stakeholders.
• Tertiary qualification in Data Science, Statistics, CS, Engineering or related field beneficial.
• Strong ML and Software Engineering background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in design, development and implementation of world-class evaluation and assurance capabilities for Generative and Agentic AI.
• Partner with engineering, data science, risk and policy teams to design and deliver Responsible AI capabilities.
• Partner with risk and policy teams to build and operate formal risk controls for Responsible AI practices.
• Establish executive risk reporting for responsible AI outcomes to senior leadership.
• Apply statistical methods and structured problem solving to complex Responsible AI challenges.
• Collaborate with data scientists and developers to understand requirements and identify enhancements.
• Stay updated with industry developments in Generative/Agentic AI and responsible AI.
• Establish strong technical and delivery practices across data science and engineering.

Skills

Generative AI

Agentic AI

Statistics & ML

Python & SQL

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

DevOps / CI-CD

Model governance

Communication

Academic background in DS/CS

Software Engineering

Education

Bachelor-level qualification in Data Science/CS/Engineering

Job description

Commonwealth Bank is seeking a Principal Data Scientist, Responsible AI, to shape and deliver capabilities across evaluations, runtime assurance and monitoring. You will lead technical direction, guide architecture decisions and empower AI developers to scale Responsible AI practices across the Group.

This hands-on leadership role requires coordinating with data scientists, engineers and risk teams to implement trusted AI solutions, while ensuring governance and strong delivery practices across