Job Description Some Data Scientists write models. Others shape the future of enterprise AI. We’re hiring a Lead Data Scientist / AI Architect for a high-calibre team solving real-world AI challenges - from agentic systems to GenAI tooling and enterprise-scale AI platforms. This is not a research-only role, or one where you'll just hand over notebooks. You’ll sit at the centre of solution design, technical architecture, and delivery leadership, helping organisations build out secure, scalable, AI-native platforms - and shaping the way they think about intelligent systems. You’ll bridge technical disciplines - from data science and AI engineering to infrastructure and cloud - and help turn big ideas into pragmatic, production-ready solutions. The opportunity: Shape and deliver end-to-end AI solutions across UI, agents, ML pipelines, and data infrastructure Own technical decision-making on architecture, devops, observability, and deployment approaches Work with multi-cloud environments and define AI platform capabilities (e.g. LLM gateways, orchestration layers, tooling) Jump onto the tools when needed — from hands-on DS work to AI engineering support Help shape our internal AI capabilities as we build toward a truly AI-native organisation Collaborate directly with clients, execs, and delivery teams to translate business goals into scalable technical strategy You’ll bring: Strong background in data science, software engineering, and cloud-native AI solutions Experience defining AI solution architectures and reference patterns Hands-on work with AI agents, LLM platforms, orchestration, and MLOps Understanding of enterprise IT environments — ideally including Australian government or regulated sectors Broad cloud experience, Azure a strong plus 5 years commercial experience, ideally with platform-level ownership Australian Citizenship (required due to project security needs) Location: Melbourne preferred Sydney possible for the right person Want to help lead Australia’s shift to AI-native delivery? Get in touch. Contact ronny@theonset.com.au or call 0448 808 848 to learn more.
