Thoughtworks

LeadAIEngineer

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Brief

“Lead AI Engineer at Thoughtworks. Skills: AI engineering, GenAI, Python, Cloud platforms. Lead AI engineering practice. Guide design and delivery of generative AI solutions”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure high standards of engineering excellence; Achieving technical and business goals

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

solve complex business problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Python, modern software engineering practices, CI/CD, testing, version control, system reliability, design and integrate end-to-end AI systems, scalability, maintainability, performance, GenAI, agentic frameworks, RAG pipelines, vector databases, deploying AI solutions on major cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD pipelines, LLMOps practices, observability tools, fine-tuning, model adaptation, ML/NLP frameworks

Nice to Have

architectural guidance, balancing experimentation with delivery

What You'll Do.

Lead AI engineering practice

Guide design and delivery of generative AI solutions

Shape technical roadmap

Ensure high standards of engineering excellence

Provide technical leadership

Collaborate with product and business partners

Act as trusted technical consultant

Lead cross-functional team

Deliver GenAI solutions

Guide design and delivery of AI-powered systems

Ensure systems are scalable

Ensure systems are reliable

Ensure systems are production-ready

Set direction for technical decisions

Optimize AI solutions for performance

Optimize AI solutions for cost

Optimize AI solutions for maintainability

Align technical solutions with business goals

Establish best practices in AI engineering

Promote best practices in AI engineering

Cover testing in AI engineering

Cover guardrails in AI engineering

Cover monitoring in AI engineering

Cover documentation in AI engineering

Uplift team by sharing knowledge

Uplift team by sharing tools

Uplift team by sharing practices

Enable SMEs to contribute

Enable generalists to contribute

Provide architectural guidance

Balance experimentation with delivery

Review designs across team

Review code across team

Ensure quality in AI-enabled features

Ensure consistency in AI-enabled features

Set direction for GenAI application optimization

Know when model tuning is required

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with product and business partners; Collaborate closely with product managers; Collaborate closely with designers; Collaborate closely with stakeholders; Inspire, mentor and develop high-performing engineering teams; Fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment

Communication Scope

Articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Process & Methodology

Deliver in short, safe cycles

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