17th July, 2026
AI Engineer / Permanent / Melbourne / up to $190,000 + super + bonus
About the Company
Our client is a well established, ASX listed FMCG and retail operations business with a national footprint and a multi decade track record. AI is a core part of how the business runs, and they're building a small, high impact team to lead that work.
They are looking for an AI Engineer to join their Melbourne team.
About the Role
This AI Engineer role is a hands on build and deploy role combining deep technical delivery with a growing stakeholder facing dimension. You'll design, build and deploy AI solutions that solve real operational problems, acting as the technical anchor between business problems and working systems, and growing into a role shaping AI adoption across the business.
Benefits
$170,000 to $190,000 + super + a bonus
This is a genuine build and own opportunity, not a maintenance role, with real scope to shape how AI is adopted across a large, established business. You'll work close to the business rather than buried in a back office function, with room to grow into a broader governance and adoption remit as the function matures.
Duties / Key Responsibilities
- Design, build and deploy AI models, LLM based tools and agentic workflows, including the evaluation and monitoring needed to trust them in production
- Build and maintain scalable AI infrastructure, data pipelines and integrations back into core business systems
- Own the full delivery cycle: solution design, build, testing, validation, deployment and ongoing support
- Partner directly with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical deliverables, through UAT and into real adoption
- Contribute to AI governance, risk and compliance, keeping documentation and reusable components in good shape so capability scales past one person
Skills and Experience - 5+ years across software development, data engineering or AI and automation, with real production experience shipping LLM powered applications
- Strong Python skills, including async work, API frameworks and solid testing practices
- Practical cloud experience running AI and ML workloads day to day, ideally with Azure, AWS or GCP exposure or certification
- Comfort with REST APIs, auth, event driven integration, relational databases and data pipelines
- Working knowledge of MLOps, DevOps and solid software engineering practice
- A track record of owning delivery end to end, including working directly with non technical stakeholders, ideally in cross functional or agile teams
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain a technical tradeoff to a non technical audience
- Exposure to retail, supply chain or FMCG adjacent AI applications is a plus, as is an interest in AI governance and ethics
- Formal study in a relevant field is useful but not the bar. A strong body of shipped work counts for just as much
If you're interested in this opportunity and feel you're the right fit, please click "Apply".
About Allura Partners
Allura Partners was founded to support private equity firms by placing C-Suites to lead, transform, and scale portfolio companies. Today, in addition to our proven private equity specialisation, we've become a trusted partner for major ASX-listed and private enterprises in Australia, offering executive search, recruitment, and business transformation. Known for integrity, reliability, and results, our expertise spans Executive Search, Accounting & Finance, Transformation & Change, and Technology & Digital. We connect businesses and top-tier talent, exceeding expectations and driving lasting impact.
AI Engineer / Permanent / Melbourne / up to $190,000 + super + bonus
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