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Head of Engineering

South Melbourne, Victoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-03

Core

Lead engineering delivery, architecture, and team leadership for scalable AI automation solutions serving small and medium businesses.

Role type

Head of Engineering (Player-coach)

Builds

AI agents, automation systems, APIs, and orchestration frameworks

Domain

AI automation / SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Hands-on software engineering, team leadership, AI/ML stack (LLMs, agents, retrieval, orchestration), Python, API development (REST/GraphQL), TDD/CI/CD, front-end frameworks (React/Vue/Next.js), commercial solution design

Preferred skills

Experience in fast-paced startup environments, onshore/offshore team management

Technologies

Python, LLMs, agent frameworks, retrieval systems, orchestration patterns, React, Vue, Next.js, REST, GraphQL

Responsibilities

Lead engineering delivery for customer engagements and internal platform development; Write code and prototype solutions; Design scalable delivery models; Manage and mentor engineering talent; Implement engineering standards; Partner with consulting and sales teams; Translate business challenges into technical solutions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope

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