AI Engineering Jobs in Australia
There are 196 open AI Engineering jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 93 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are ai, python and llm.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | year | A$167,500 | A$250,000 | A$325,000 | 12 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- ai 90%
- python 61%
- llm 57%
- agentic-ai 51%
- api 51%
- cloud 43%
- machine-learning 38%
- rag 38%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 80 · 41%
- Onsite 33 · 17%
- Remote 15 · 8%
Visa sponsorship offered in 41% of the 17 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 67
- Lead 26
- Principal 12
- Staff 4
- Intern 2
- Junior 2
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 20
- 11-50 employees 2
- 501-1000 employees 1
- 51-200 employees 1
Senior AI Engineer | AI & Data | Sydney
Job Requisition ID: 42135 AI Engineer | AI & Data | Sydney We are seeking a Senior Engineer to join our AI & Data practice. Based in Sydney, this role sits on our Engineering pathway, a career pathway designed for…
Senior AI Engineer (Mine Intelligence)
Our Opportunity Work Location: Perth CBD. Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people. Roster: Monday to Friday Reporting to : Principal AI Delivery Lead Fortescue is transforming…
AI Engineer
AI Engineer in Zurich's ML/AI Engineering chapter, building production-grade agentic AI solutions end to end for a major insurer — reusable patterns, evaluation/observability frameworks, and secure APIs connecting LLMs to enterprise systems. Stack: LangGraph, AWS AgentCore/MCP, AWS (Bedrock, Lambda, SageMaker), TypeScript/Node.js/Python, React/Next.js.
AI Engineer
Builds and runs production generative-AI and machine-learning solutions for St Vincent's hospitals and aged care — agentic AI, RAG and LLM integrations using Databricks, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude and MCP — taking prototypes through governed deployment on a new enterprise data and AI platform.
AI Engineer
Forward-deployed AI Engineer inside a real estate organisation (hired via Exclaim IT): most of the week is spent embedded in business departments doing discovery, then designing, building and shipping production AI — agentic workflows, document processing, conversational assistants — on a Claude-native stack (Python, AWS, MCP, Databricks), and training teams to adopt it.
AI Engineer
A new transformational adventure awaits you… How does 5 weeks of annual leave, a fulfilling career you'll genuinely enjoy, and working for a reputable organization that promotes wellbeing and drives digital…
AI Engineer
Job Description: About the role St Vincent’s Health Australia has committed, through Strategy 2030, to connecting care across its public hospitals, private hospitals, aged care and virtual care services, with half of…
Lead Engineer - Applied AI
Lead engineer on Xero's Internal AI Accelerator Squad, embedding with internal business teams to design, build, and productionize agentic AI workflows that automate manual work. Day to day involves building agents and orchestration with Claude, Gemini, and MCP, integrating with Salesforce, Workday, Slack, and NetSuite, and defining evaluation, safety, and reusable automation patterns.
Agentic AI Engineer
Salary: Negotiable Agentic AI Engineer An exciting opportunity to join a high-growth, innovative organisation that is pioneering the future of AI-native software engineering. If you are a Senior Full Stack or Data…
Senior AI Engineer / Forward Deployed Engineer
Senior AI Engineer / AI Architect Melbourne | 3 Month Contract + Possible Extension | Daily Rate | Hybrid An Australian travel technology startup is building AI-powered booking tools that make travel planning faster…
Senior Software AI Engineer - Fully Remote - Upto $1,1000 per day
Fully remote senior engineer building and training production AI agents for a major Australian software company's engineering organisation — solving real production problems and turning fixes into agent knowledge. Hands-on with Claude Code, Codex and agent tooling, backed by Go/Python/Java, CI/CD, AWS and Kubernetes skills.
Senior React AI Developer
12-month contract in Melbourne for a senior developer to build, test and maintain modern, accessible web apps with React and TypeScript, using AI-assisted development tools and contributing to code reviews and CI/CD. Government-related work: Australian citizenship and ability to obtain a Baseline Security Clearance are mandatory.
Senior AI Engineer
Senior AI Engineer in Sydney (via Paxus) supporting secure enterprise AI adoption: assessing and testing new AI capabilities such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Anthropic, integrating them into the enterprise, and handling security, risk and governance alongside Power Platform, PowerShell/Python scripting and cloud/CI-CD work.
Data & AI Engineer: Pipelines, AI Agents & Automation
Sharon AI is building a hands-on Data & AI team in Sydney to design, build and operate scalable AI infrastructure. The engineer owns data pipelines and AI workflows, building reliable, testable data products and automations in a fast-moving environment, with hybrid work flexibility.
Senior AI Software Engineer
Senior AI Software Engineer | Australia | Full Time | Remote available Aionix is the intelligence layer for the AI-powered workplace. We connect to all the AI tools organisations use, then turn that data into proactive…
Lead AI Engineer - Melbourne - $245,000 Gain Production Enterprise Scale AI
Salary: AUD 220000 - 240000 per annum Lead AI Engineer - Melbourne - $245,000 - Gain Production Enterprise Scale AI - Generative and Agentic - Forefront of AI Morgan Consulting are partnering with a highly respected,…
Senior React AI Developer
Salary: $120 - $140 per hour (inc super) ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC. WFH hybrid 12 + 12-month contract (Baseline security clearance required) Experience effectively leveraging contemporary AI-assisted software engineering…
Senior Azure AI Engineer
Senior engineer designing and shipping production Generative and Agentic AI solutions for a long-term enterprise AI transformation program in the energy sector. Day to day: building multi-agent systems on Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI, RAG pipelines, automation workflows, plus AI governance, evaluation and mentoring.
AI Engineer - AI Innovation Office ...
AI Engineer in Westpac's Chief AI Innovation Office, building production-ready AI applications, services and agents — integrating LLMs, RAG, vector stores and ML models into secure enterprise workflows with testing, monitoring and responsible-AI guardrails. Hybrid role in Sydney within a regulated banking environment.
