Principal GenAI & ML Engineer: Production AI Leader

Suncorp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Suncorp seeks a Principal Data Scientist to shape and build the next generation of AI solutions across GenAI, LLMs and AI Engineering in Australia. The role blends experimentation, solution architecture and production software engineering to deliver measurable business impact.

You’ll prototype rapidly, write production-grade Python, evaluate AI applications, and engineer observable, secure, scalable services. You’ll influence patterns and practices enabling enterprise-grade AI.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience across Data Science, ML, AI, or related disciplines.
• Hands-on production AI/ML deployment experience.
• Strong Python and API/CI-CD capabilities.
• Practical Generative AI and LLM application development.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of complex Data Science and Generative AI solutions from concept to production.
• Remain hands-on across solution design, development, testing, deployment and monitoring.
• Build practical applications using LLMs, RAG, agents and AI-enabled automation.
• Establish observability, evaluation and continuous improvement for AI solutions.
• Partner with engineering, risk and business teams to embed AI into real processes.
• Provide leadership, code reviews and mentorship while actively building.

Skills

8+ years experience

Python

AI Engineering

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG & embeddings

LLM evaluation

Agentic systems

Job description

Suncorp seeks a Principal Data Scientist to shape and build the next generation of AI solutions across GenAI, LLMs and AI Engineering in Australia. The role blends experimentation, solution architecture and production software engineering to deliver measurable business impact.

You’ll prototype rapidly, write production-grade Python, evaluate AI applications, and engineer observable, secure, scalable services. You’ll influence patterns and practices enabling enterprise-grade AI.