Senior AI Engineer

Responsibilities

Design, build, and deliver production-grade AI systems, including agentic systems, LLM-powered features, memory systems, and intelligent automation, for clients across multiple industries. Integrate AI with enterprise platforms, establish reliable and responsible AI practices, contribute reusable architectures and tooling, and share knowledge across the Applied AI Practice.

Requirements

Candidates should have a track record of shipping commercial AI or generative AI solutions to real users, strong Python skills, and hands-on experience with agentic frameworks, RAG, vector databases, and cloud-based production AI. They should also bring sound technical judgment, client-facing communication and collaboration skills, and experience with evaluation, observability, LLMOps, data integration, and preferably regulated industries or AWS AI services.

Skills

• Python
• TypeScript
• Java
• Agentic AI Frameworks
• LangChain
• LangGraph
• LlamaIndex
• CrewAI
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• Vector Databases
• Cloud Platforms
• DevOps
• LLMOps
• RESTful APIs
• SQL
• Responsible AI

Benefits

• Hybrid Working
• Professional Development
• Learning Management System Access
• Internal Performance Coaching
• Team Events
• Internal Communities

About this role

Company Description
Bilue is a digital consultancy that designs and builds smart, user-friendly technology for some of Australia’s most well-known businesses. From mobile apps to beautifully designed web platforms and digital experiences, we create solutions that drive impact and deliver exceptional customer outcomes.
Our culture is people-first and purpose-driven. We’re a down-to-earth, values-led team with offices in Sydney and Melbourne, and a growing presence in Manila. We genuinely enjoy working together, whether we’re solving tough tech problems, brainstorming creative solutions, or grabbing a coffee between meetings. Curiosity is encouraged. Collaboration is second nature.
We value excellence, not ego, and back each other to do great work without micromanagement. With low politics and high trust, it’s a place where delivery people, designers, and engineers genuinely connect, and where everyone has a voice, space to grow, and a little fun along the way.
Job Description
The Role
As a Senior AI Engineer at Bilue, you’ll design, build and ship production grade AI systems for clients across financial services, government, insurance and retail. Working in our Applied AI Practice, you’ll split your time between client delivery through our Applied AI service offering and building the reference architectures, tooling and standards that shape how we work.
This is a hands-on engineering role rather than research or prompt engineering. You’ll build agentic systems that hold up with real users and help set the bar for what production grade means at Bilue.
You’ll work directly with clients and their teams, often across more than one industry at a time. That means understanding the problem they’re really trying to solve, explaining your technical decisions in plain language, and earning their trust by delivering AI that works when it counts. You’ll sit in cross functional squads alongside designers, delivery managers and engineers, working closely with our AI Architect to keep what we build aligned to the right design, security and compliance guardrails.
Knowledge sharing is part of the job. You’ll share what you learn through documentation, tech talks, company showcases, pairing and our internal communities, so every project leaves the next one better equipped and the whole team grows with you.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Design and build production grade AI solutions for clients, including agentic systems, memory systems, LLM powered features and intelligent automation
Work directly with clients and their teams to understand the problem they’re really trying to solve, and explain your technical decisions in plain language
Build cloud native AI systems on AWS, Azure or GCP with solid DevOps and LLMOps pipelines for scale and reliability
Integrate AI into enterprise platforms such as CRM, ERP, lending and claims systems through well designed APIs and data pipelines
Be the go to AI engineer in cross functional squads, working alongside designers, strategists, delivery managers and our AI Architect
Build responsible AI in from the start, including evaluation harnesses, validation gates, red teaming, bias testing and human in the loop design, working to the security and compliance guardrails set with the AI Architect, including ISO 27001 and ISO 42001
Contribute to the Applied AI Practice’s reference architectures, engineering standards and reusable tooling so each project starts faster than the last
Take part in model evaluation, cost optimisation and architecture reviews
Share knowledge across Bilue through documentation, tech talks, pairing and our internal communities
Use AI responsibly and in line with Bilue’s AI policies, treating it as a tool to work smarter while keeping human judgement at the centre of your decisions
Qualifications
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Mindset & Experience
Real craft, with a track record of shipping AI or GenAI solutions to real users in a commercial environment rather than stopping at prototypes or demos
Sound judgement, with the instinct to test, challenge and validate what AI produces before it reaches real users
A consultative approach, comfortable working across multiple clients and industries and explaining technical concepts clearly to non technical stakeholders
A passion for connection, with a collaborative, low ego style that lifts the people around you
Generous with what you know, happy to pair, teach and share your learnings so the whole team gets sharper
Confident owning your technical decisions and the outcome when a call affects delivery time or budget
Curious by nature, with the confidence to back your view and the openness to change it when the evidence shifts
A systems thinker who understands why a system matters as well as how it works, and is comfortable with ambiguous, changing requirements
Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, insurance or government
A genuine fit with our values: no cure for curiosity, lend a hand and do the right thing
Technical Skills
Strong Python as your primary language, with TypeScript or Java a plus
Hands on experience with agentic frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex or CrewAI, plus RAG and vector databases
Production AI on AWS, Azure or GCP with proper observability, evaluation and LLMOps practices such as prompt versioning, drift detection and cost monitoring
Solid data and integration fundamentals, including SQL, ETL, unstructured data, RESTful APIs and microservices
Experience with the AWS AI stack (Bedrock, AgentCore, Strands, SageMaker) or prior consulting delivery is highly valued
Additional Information
Life at Bilue
People-first focus: We’re committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients, but we know it starts with our people. You’ll join a values-led team that’s collaborative, curious, and genuinely cares about doing great work, together.
Connection that counts: From monthly anchor days and team lunches to our annual offsite, we create intentional moments to connect, collab...

About Bilue

IT Services and IT Consulting · 51-200 employees · headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2011