Senior AI/NLP Scientist - Hybrid Remote MLOps Lead

Blackbook.AI; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 105,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Competitive salary

Job summary

Blackbook.ai in Brisbane seeks a Senior Data Scientist / ML Consultant to lead end-to-end ML lifecycles, from problem framing and data strategy through to model development, deployment, and ongoing performance management. You will translate business problems into scalable AI solutions with a strong NLP/LLM focus.

The role combines applied research and production engineering. You will mentor juniors, stay current with the latest NLP/ML advances, and collaborate with software engineers, product

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional ML/DS experience with NLP focus.
• Proven track record fine-tuning and deploying LLMs in production.
• Strong proficiency in Python and PyTorch; C++ is a plus.
• Experience designing and evaluating RAG pipelines and vector stores.

Responsibilities

• Lead full ML project lifecycles from framing to deployment.
• Develop and own RAG pipelines, embeddings, and retrieval systems.
• Mentor junior data scientists and foster knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams to deliver AI features.

Skills

NLP

LLMs

PyTorch

Python

MLOps

Docker

CI/CD

Distributed training

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Master's in Computer Science/ Data Science

Tools

PyTorch

Milvus

Faiss

Pinecone

Triton Inference Server

ONNX Runtime

Job description

Blackbook.ai in Brisbane seeks a Senior Data Scientist / ML Consultant to lead end-to-end ML lifecycles, from problem framing and data strategy through to model development, deployment, and ongoing performance management. You will translate business problems into scalable AI solutions with a strong NLP/LLM focus.

The role combines applied research and production engineering. You will mentor juniors, stay current with the latest NLP/ML advances, and collaborate with software engineers, product