Senior AI Engineer, Data Science

Future Secure AI; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-performance culture

State-of-the-art technology

Leadership access

Growth trajectory

Flexible work

Job summary

Future Secure AI is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead development of agentic AI co-workers and enterprise-ready autonomous workflows. You will architect and deploy advanced LLM-driven agents that plan, decide, and act safely at scale.

You will mentor junior data scientists, collaborate with product and engineering teams, and shape the technical direction of our agentic AI platform in Sydney.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative discipline.
• Proven ability to deliver ML systems in enterprise settings.
• Strong NLP fundamentals: transformers, LSTMs, CNNs, topic modelling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy agentic LLM-driven systems with planning, tool-use, workflow orchestration, and reasoning capabilities.
• Apply ML and analytics to power decision-making within autonomous AI Co-workers.
• Enhance multi-step reasoning, context management, and agent performance across real enterprise use cases.
• Lead MLOps initiatives across evaluation, benchmarking, safety, and quality for autonomous systems.
• Define long-term strategy for agentic AI frameworks, governance, and scalable deployment patterns.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and executive teams to build production-grade AI co-workers used by global clients.
• Mentor and uplift junior data scientists, raising the bar for scientific and engineering excellence.

Skills

NLP & ML systems

LangChain/LlamaIndex

Python for ML

Transformers

Multi-agent systems

Tool-calling architectures

Mentoring

Clear communication

Education

Master's or PhD in quantitative discipline

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

RAG frameworks

Python ML libraries

Job description

At Future Secure AI, we're building something genuinely new - and we're looking for people bold enough to build it with us. We work at the frontier of AI, tackling big, real-world problems for global enterprises across multiple industries, armed with state-of-the-art technology and a culture that prizes courage, rigor, and relentless curiosity. Our BRAVER values aren't just words on a wall - they describe the kind of people we are and the standard we hold ourselves to every day. Our leadership team is entrepreneurial, experienced, and accessible, with an open-door policy that means you'll never be just a number here. We invest seriously in your growth because we know our success depends on yours. If you're ready to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, push into uncharted territory, and do work that genuinely matters, Future Secure AI is the place for you.

Future Secure AI (FSAI) is a leading enterprise AI company that was created in deep partnership with one of the world's largest financial institutions. Operating as an enterprise company with deep relationships at the C-suite with large global enterprises, FSAI believes humans and AI Workers will collaborate seamlessly to raise organisational performance. FSAI has dozens of partnerships with leading companies in most industries and regions globally. FSAI has a strategic focus on expanding globally as we continue our extraordinary journey to transform the world with the most cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be a senior technical leader driving the development of agentic AI Co-workers, multi-step reasoning systems, and enterprise-ready autonomous workflows. You will architect and deploy advanced LLM-driven agents that plan, decide, and take action - safely, reliably, and at scale. You’ll shape the technical direction of our agentic AI platform, mentor emerging talent, and ensure our systems are robust, aligned, and capable of delivering high-value outcomes in complex environments. Your work will directly influence the evolution of how humans collaborate with AI.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and deploy agentic LLM-driven systems with planning, tool-use, workflow orchestration, and reasoning capabilities
• Apply machine learning and advanced analytics to power decision-making within autonomous AI Co-workers
• Enhance multi-step reasoning quality, context management, and agent performance across real enterprise use cases
• Lead MLOps initiatives across evaluation, benchmarking, safety, and quality for autonomous systems
• Define long-term strategy for agentic AI frameworks, governance, and scalable deployment patterns
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and executive teams to build production-grade AI co-workers used by global clients
• Mentor and uplift junior data scientists, raising the bar for scientific and engineering excellence

About You

You are an experienced Data Scientist with a strong record of delivering impactful ML systems and deep curiosity about the fast-moving agentic AI and LLM ecosystem. You thrive in ambiguity, communicate clearly, and take a pragmatic approach to building real, production-ready intelligence.

You bring

• A Master's or PhD in a quantitative discipline
• Ideally have gained experience as a software developer or have knowledge or willingness to learn typescript
• Proven delivery of high-impact machine learning solutions in complex environments
• Strong NLP foundations: transformers, LSTMs, CNNs, topic modelling, supervised NLP
• Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex), RAG, multi-agent systems, or tool-calling architectures
• Python focused on ML/AI and other languages
• Experience in software development is highly desired
• Ability to explain complex ideas clearly and influence cross-functional stakeholders
• Curiosity, humility, and a strong sense of ownership
• Comfort operating in a high-velocity, evolving environment
• Ability to attend our Sydney CBD office 1-2 days per week

Why Join Us?

• A high-performance culture
• State-of-the-art technology
• Experience world-class leadership
• Scale of impact and purpose
• A competitive salary and a huge growth trajectory
• Work with the best in the industry
• Flexible work environment
• Diversity and creativity