Principal AI & Data Engineer Sydney / Fully remote $190-230k Permanent We're partnering with a high-growth technology consultancy building a next-generation Data & AI capability across enterprise and public sector clients. This is a senior, client-facing role suited to someone who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders. The Opportunity You'll play a key role in designing and delivering modern data platforms and AI-driven solutions that create tangible business impact. Working across a variety of client environments, you'll lead solution design, guide delivery teams, and act as a trusted advisor to senior decision-makers. This is also an opportunity to help shape and grow a Data & AI practice, contributing to capability development, standards, and go-to-market initiatives. What You'll Be Doing Designing and delivering scalable data and AI solutions in production environments Leading architecture across modern data platforms and cloud ecosystems Working directly with senior stakeholders to define strategy and translate business needs into technical solutions Driving best practices across data engineering, MLOps, and AI delivery Mentoring engineers and contributing to capability uplift across the team What We're Looking For Strong experience delivering enterprise-grade data platforms and/or AI solutions Hands-on expertise with Python, SQL, and distributed data processing tools (e.g. Spark) Experience working with modern data platforms (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, or similar) Cloud experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP Proven ability to engage with senior stakeholders and communicate complex ideas clearly A consulting mindset with experience working in client-facing environments Nice to Have Experience with MLOps or production machine learning systems Exposure to real-world AI applications, including emerging tooling and workflows Background working in consulting or advisory environments