Data & AI Engineer
Brunel Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Brunel has partnered with an Energy & Resources industry leader to offer an exciting contract opportunity for an AI Engineer. This role is well suited to someone with strong software and ML engineering experience, who is looking to deepen their expertise across ML, GenAI, and MLOps platforms.
About This Role
The Data & AI Platform team builds foundational capabilities that enable scalable, secure, and high-impact AI solutions. We design and operate the platforms, components, and workflows that support machine learning, GenAI, data‑driven optimisation, and enterprise automation. As an AI Engineer/Developer, you will help build and operate our AI platform supporting traditional ML, LLM‑based applications, orchestration frameworks, and end‑to‑end MLOps/LLM Ops processes. You'll work with data scientists, architects, and product teams to deliver reliable, integrated, and value‑focused AI solutions across the business.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and maintain reusable AI components, APIs, microservices, and orchestration frameworks.
* Support the implementation of ML and GenAI architectures, including retrieval pipelines and agentic workflows.
* Build platform capabilities for model deployment, automation, monitoring, evaluation, and lifecycle management (MLOps & LLM Ops).
* Integrate AI services into business workflows, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and data governance.
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver scalable and production‑ready AI solutions.
* Contribute to prototyping and experimentation to validate technical feasibility and operational value.
* Explore emerging AI/ML and GenAI technologies and assess their applicability within the business.
* Document platform patterns, best practices, and operational procedures.
* Participate actively in knowledge sharing, capability uplift, and continuous improvement activities.
Requirements
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or related field.
* Minimum 2+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering AI/ML systems, including cloud‑native solutions.
* Software Engineering/Programming: Proficient in Python (essential). Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript, C#, or Go beneficial.
* ML/AI Frameworks: Practical experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, and LangChain.
* GenAI & RAG: Exposure to embedding models, vector stores, retrieval chains, and agentic orchestration approaches is desirable.
* Cloud & DevOps: Working knowledge of AWS or Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, monitoring tools.
* Data & Platform Engineering: Basic experience with Snowflake, Kafka, AWS S3, REST APIs, microservices architecture, knowledge‑graph integration beneficial.
* Desirable: Experience in industrial automation, heavy industry, or operational technology environments; OpenAI integrations, SageMaker, or Databricks; AI governance, security, and ethical deployment.
Benefits
Brunel is a recruitment and flexible workforce solution provider which connects talented people with opportunities throughout Australasia and around the world. Brunel specialises in highly skilled roles and has a global network. Brunel is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates.
How to Apply
If you meet the above requirements and would like to be considered for this role, please submit your interest using the 'Apply' button. Have the following documents ready:
* Resume
* Cover Letter (optional)
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