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
AI Engineer
Builds, configures and troubleshoots AI agents, automations and workflows within the Microsoft ecosystem (Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Azure) for a federal government organisation, taking approved use cases from proof of concept through testing, deployment and operational handover with strong governance and documentation.
AI Engineer
VALD is the world leader in technology for the allied health industry, providing innovative human-measurement technology to over 10,000 clients in over 100 countries. If you have a favorite team in the NBA, EPL, or…
Senior AI Engineer
Senior Applied AI Engineer Join a major digital transformation initiative focused on improving complex operational planning and scheduling. The role sits within a small, highly collaborative product team developing an…
Applied AI Engineer - AI Finance Agent
Build AI-native systems and agents for BJAK's AI Finance Agent — automating real workflows across support, CRM, onboarding, claims, renewals and payments using LLMs, RAG and Python backend engineering. Remote role, but candidates must already be based in Austria.
Applied AI Engineer
Build production AI-native systems — agents, LLM apps, RAG and automations — for BJAK's AI Neobank, automating real workflows like onboarding, support, KYC, risk review and operations. Remote role, but candidates must already be based in Austria; hands-on Python/TypeScript/JavaScript and LLM engineering experience required.
AI Engineer
A Senior AI Engineer in Melbourne designs and ships machine learning, generative AI and agentic AI solutions on Azure, building ML pipelines, developing Copilot agents for Microsoft 365 and Copilot Studio, and taking prototypes to production alongside data and business teams using Python, SQL and Azure AI services.
AI Engineer
Hands-on AI engineer (mid to senior) building production AI applications for enterprise clients at a specialist AI consultancy — retrieval pipelines, agent-based workflows, LLM integrations, and backend APIs. Core stack is Python, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), and modern AI tooling. Sydney or Melbourne, hybrid; $140k–$340k base + super + shares.
Senior AI Engineer, AWS & Agentic AI
Salary: $150-180,000 plus super We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design and build production-ready Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions on a client engagement. You will combine hands on Python development with…
AI Engineer
We are seeking a skilled AI Engineer for a 6-month contract based in Sydney. You will drive the development and deployment of production-grade AI agents and Generative AI solutions that tackle practical business…
AI Engineer
12-month contract AI Engineer role (with extensions) on a major Australian Federal Government program, building and operating secure AI/ML platforms across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments. Day to day involves Kubernetes/containers, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and deploying and monitoring ML and generative AI (LLM) solutions.
AI Developer – SPCC Online
A software developer builds bespoke AI tools, agents, and student-facing Socratic tutoring chat experiences for a Christian online school, owning the full lifecycle from design to support. Work centers on Microsoft Azure AI, Copilot/Copilot Studio, Cogniti and integrations with school systems, with strong safeguarding, privacy, and child-safety obligations.
Lead AI Engineer - AI Services
Hands-on technical lead in Westpac's AI Services team who owns technical direction for a major AI solution or workstream — setting architecture, standards and acceptance criteria while staying deeply involved in design, coding, testing, release and production support. Core work spans full-stack engineering with ML, LLMs, RAG, agents and secure, governed delivery. Sydney or Melbourne based, hybrid.
Amazon Senior Applied AI Solutions Architect, Amazon Connect, AWS, AWS Applied AI Solutions
The Applied AI Solutions Architecture team within AWS is seeking a hands-on, customer-obsessed Solutions Architect to accelerate customer adoption of Amazon Connect's AI capabilities. This role is part of the AI…
Forward Deployed AI Engineer – People & Culture
At Trilogy Care, we're on a mission to empower older Australians to live independently in the home they love for longer . Technology plays a huge part in making that possible. We use AI, automation and modern data…
Azure AI Developer Consultant
Arinco means Artificial Intelligence Company. We are the frontier partner for the AI era, helping organisations become Frontier Firms on Microsoft by changing how work gets done across people, processes, platforms and…
AI Product Engineer
A new, exploratory product role at an Australian agricultural software company in Toowoomba: researching AI and emerging technologies, building prototypes and proof-of-concepts with customers and internal teams, and turning promising ideas into practical product features.
Applied AI Engineer
OneByZero, an AI systems integrator serving banks, telcos, insurers, and retailers across APAC, is hiring an Applied AI Engineer in Sydney to design and build production-grade GenAI systems — end-to-end LLM architecture, RAG pipelines, multi-agent systems, fine-tuning (CPT, SFT, LoRA/QLoRA), and model evaluation/optimization — deployed on AWS.