AI Engineer - Senior Consultant

AI Engineer – Senior Consultant

The opportunity

As our AI Engineer, you’ll design, build and deploy practical AI-enabled applications for clients and client teams, with Python, Microsoft Azure and production-quality AI application engineering at the core of your work.

Working within the innovation team in our Digital Assurance practice, you’ll help move AI opportunities from discovery and feasibility assessment through rapid prototyping and into secure, scalable production delivery. This is a hands-on engineering role rather than a pure research, strategy or architecture position. At Senior Consultant level, you’ll take ownership of defined technical workstreams and collaborate with senior technical, risk, product and engagement leaders.

This is a hybrid position that can be performed from any of our EY offices across Australia. Our roles can potentially be adjusted to work flexibly with reduced hours. Please speak with us about potential options.

Your key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy AI-enabled applications using Python and Microsoft Azure, including machine learning, generative AI and agentic AI solutions.
• Translate business requirements and discovery findings into practical technical designs, prototypes and secure, production-ready solutions.
• Build scalable data, training and inference pipelines, applying source control, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring and appropriate software engineering, security and operational practices.

Skills and attributes for success

Technical skills required to succeed in this role are:

• Strong Python development skills and experience building production-quality AI applications.
• Practical experience with Azure AI services, including Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning and Azure Databricks.
• Experience delivering scalable AI pipelines using cloud-native architecture, automated testing, CI/CD and MLOps practices.
• Sound understanding of enterprise cloud security, monitoring and operational requirements.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs, contribute to solution design and own technical deliverables.

Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• Front-end development experience and the ability to collaborate with product designers.
• Knowledge of responsible AI, AI governance, data readiness and quality testing.
• Experience developing reusable AI products in regulated or risk-managed environments. Relevant cloud certifications are advantageous.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. We’re proud to be recognised as the #1 WORK180 Endorsed Employer in the Top 101 Employers for Women 2026. Learn more.

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences com/au/careerdevelopment
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to an additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including up to 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally ey.com/au/benefits
• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation depending on skills and experience.

Acknowledgement of Country

EY acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which EY offices are located around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures, and to their Elders – past, present, and emerging. Find out more about our vision for reconciliation at ey.com/en_au/careers/indigenous

Inclusiveness is core to who we are and how we work together, driving value for our people and for our business. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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