Senior Ai Engineer

Lookahead; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office in Sydney CBD

Work from home 2-3 days per week

Equity

Job summary

Lookahead in Sydney is seeking a Senior AI Engineer who loves turning ideas into production AI features. You will work at the intersection of software engineering and applied AI, shipping features built on LLMs, Python, and Typescript.

You will collaborate with product, design, and data teams, iterate quickly, and help shape an AI-first roadmap while ensuring reliable and safe embedding of AI into customer workflows.

Qualifications

• Senior AI Engineer with production AI experience.
• Experience with LLMs and AI services.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to ship end-to-end solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship AI-powered features from idea to production.
• Integrate and orchestrate LLMs and AI services.
• Collaborate with product, design, and data teams.
• Experiment rapidly and help define an AI-first roadmap.

Skills

LLM integration

Python

Typescript

AI product development

Job description

Join a fast-growing, product-driven technology company that’s building the next generation of AI-powered workflows for a large national customer base.

Following the successful launch of their first AI product, the team is doubling down on applied AI - turning real customer problems into production-ready solutions at scale.

The Role

We are looking for Senior AI Engineer who loves building real products and has experience working with LLM, Python and Typescript.

You’ll work at the intersection of software engineering and applied AI, taking ideas from concept to production, turning prototypes into scalable systems, and helping define how AI is safely, reliably, and effectively embedded into customer workflows.

This role suits someone with strong engineering fundamentals, curiosity for emerging AI tools, and a love for experimentation.

What you’ll do

• Build and ship AI-powered features from idea to production


• Integrate and orchestrate LLMs and AI services


• Collaborate closely with product, design, and data teams


• Experiment fast, iterate weekly, and help shape an AI-first roadmap

The offer

• An attractive salary + equity to reflect your seniority


• Office in Sydney CBD and work from home 2-3 days per week.


• Work alongside a small, collaborative team that is forward thinking

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