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Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning

Melbourne, AustraliaFull-time2026-10-23 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead the development of ML capabilities behind Custom Agents, enabling customers to build specialized AI agents that reason through complex tasks and automate workflows.

Role type

Senior Manager, Machine Learning (People leadership + applied ML judgment)

Builds

Custom Agents (specialized AI agents for business automation and service workflows)

Domain

Enterprise SaaS / Customer Service / Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

People management (hiring, coaching, developing leaders), Generative AI/LLM production experience, Model evaluation and benchmarking, Agent architecture and tool use, Operational reliability and cost optimization, Cross-functional partnership

Preferred skills

Building agents with tool use and knowledge retrieval, LLM evaluation and human feedback, Enterprise SaaS or business automation experience

Technologies

LLMs, Generative AI, Agent platforms

Responsibilities

Lead and grow the ML team, Set ML strategy and roadmap, Improve agent reasoning and execution, Establish rigorous evaluation metrics, Own quality throughout the lifecycle, Optimize performance and economics, Build trustworthy agent behavior, Partner across the platform, Deliver measurable customer impact

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership