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 Azure Cloud AI Engineer
12+12+12 month contract (via Recruitment Hive) for a major Federal Government agency: a Senior Azure Cloud AI Engineer designs, builds and runs secure, scalable cloud platforms powering AI/ML and generative AI services, leading end-to-end solution design and DevSecOps. Based in Canberra ACT (candidates considered from QLD, WA, ACT, VIC, NSW or SA); $140-$185/hour incl. super.
Senior AI Software Engineer
12-month contract in Melbourne leading the design, development and deployment of enterprise AI/GenAI solutions — building LLM/RAG applications, MLOps pipelines and cloud-native platforms with Python, Docker/Kubernetes, Terraform and AWS/Azure. Open to Australian citizens with AGSVA security clearance; hybrid working after onboarding.
AI Engineer: Generative AI & Cloud Data Solutions
One51, a Sydney-based Data, Analytics & AI consulting firm, is hiring an AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI, machine learning, and Generative AI solutions (copilots, RAG chatbots, intelligent automation) across client engagements, primarily on cloud data platforms like Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Snowflake.
Generative AI Engineer — Cloud & Data Pipelines
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Applied AI Architect, Partnerships
The Applied AI Architect will serve as a pre-sales technical partner to cultivate relationships with global system integrators and cloud providers, enabling their AI practices and supporting strategic customer deals. The role involves developing joint GenAI solutions, creating reference architectures, and providing technical feedback to inform Anthropic's product roadmap.
AI Engineer - AI Innovation Office
Westpac is seeking AI Engineers to build and operationalize secure, production-ready AI applications, agents, and platforms within their banking environment. The role focuses on integrating LLMs, RAG, and ML models while ensuring compliance, safety, and scalability.
Senior AI Engineer - AI Innovation Office
Sydney Location / Hybrid Working Move beyond prototypes and help turn bold ideas into secure, scalable enterprise capability. Are you ready to help shape how AI is engineered, governed and scaled? Westpac is…
Senior Product Manager - GenAI
Envato is hiring a Senior Product Manager for GenAI to own a product area within its AI strategy, taking generative-AI creative tools from discovery through launch and iteration. Day to day the role combines customer research, data and hands-on experimentation with models and APIs, working closely with Design and Engineering.
Lead Product Manager - GenAI
Senior individual-contributor product role at Envato owning the strategy for customer-facing GenAI experiences across its creative-assets marketplace: spotting where generative AI improves creative workflows, prototyping hands-on with models, and shipping with Design and Engineering. Requires deep hands-on GenAI fluency and proven product leadership.
Senior AI Engineer
$147,216 + Superannuation + salary packaging options of up to $15,900 for living expenses (under RACGP’s health promotion charity status) 12-month Fixed Term Contract with Full-time working hours Flexible location/WFH…
Oliver Wyman - Senior Lead AI Engineer - Melbourne
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AI Engineer - Applied
Based in the Richmond (Melbourne) office, this engineer builds and ships production AI agents and LLM-powered workflows that automate high-volume operational work — using Python, TypeScript, Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini, Cloud Run, BigQuery) alongside Claude/GPT models, with human-in-the-loop review, evaluations and observability.
Principal Data & AI Engineer- Media
A senior technical leadership role (no direct reports) in Cartology, Woolworths Group's retail media business in Sydney. The engineer sets architecture and standards for audience activation and media measurement data platforms, helping found a Data & AI Centre of Excellence, using SQL, Python, dbt, Airflow, and cloud warehouses like BigQuery/Snowflake.
AI Automation Engineer
A 6-month, Melbourne-based contract placing an AI automation engineer into a product company: mapping manual processes like invoice processing, deciding where Claude handles reasoning versus deterministic code, and building production N8N workflows (UiPath/Workato a bonus) with guardrails, testing and client handover.
AI Engineer | Federal Government
An AI Engineer builds, configures, tests, and supports AI agents, automations, and enterprise AI workflows for a major Federal Government client, taking use cases from proof of concept through controlled deployment and operational handover. Core stack is Microsoft technologies: Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Azure, and Microsoft 365.
Lead Azure AI Engineer
Contract Lead Azure AI Engineer (12+24 months, 40 hrs/week, $145-170/hour inc. super) placed via Recruitment Hive with a Federal Government agriculture department. Day to day: designing, building and deploying production AI/agentic solutions on Azure AI - LLMs, RAG, document classification, APIs/microservices - plus AI assurance and governance work.