- Pay
- A$65–90k
- Where
- Melbourne, Victoria, GB · GB
- Level
- Mid
Perfect role for a mid professional looking to grow their AI & Technology career in Melbourne.
Machine learning teams inside Australian startups are small by design, and that's exactly why this Machine Learning Engineer role carries real weight.
This is a startup building genuine AI & Technology products, not bolting AI onto an old business model.
The company works fast, ships often, and expects every engineer to own outcomes rather than tickets.
Here's what you'll be doing: Design, train and deploy machine learning models that solve concrete product problems, not academic ones Build and maintain data pipelines that feed models cleanly, without silent failures Work directly with product and engineering to turn vague ideas into shippable AI features Monitor model performance in production and retrain or adjust when drift shows up Prototype quickly, test the result, and either scale it or kill it.
No sentimental attachment to bad ideas Document your work well enough that a colleague could pick it up without asking you first Here are the skills you'll need: Solid hands-on experience building and deploying ML models in Python (think PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn) Comfort with the full lifecycle: data wrangling, training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring Understanding of MLOps basics, versioning, CI/CD for models, cloud deployment (AWS, GCP or Azure) A pragmatic streak.
You know when "good enough" beats "perfect but late" Strong communication skills.
You can explain a model's limitations to someone who isn't technical Genuine curiosity about AI & Technology as a field, not just as a job title Key perks and benefits: Salary of A$65,000 to A$89,500, depending on experience Equity in the business.
You're building something, so you should own a piece of it Hybrid working arrangement based in Melbourne, with genuine flexibility around hours A dedicated learning and development budget for courses, conferences or certifications Flat structure.
Your ideas reach decision-makers directly, without three layers of management in between Why pursue a career in AI & Technology?
AI & Technology isn't a passing trend.
It's reshaping how products get built, and the engineers who understand both the models and the business problems they solve are becoming genuinely hard to replace.
Melbourne has quietly become one of the stronger AI & Technology hubs in the region, with a growing pool of startups willing to pay well for people who can actually ship.
Get in at this level now, and the next few years of your career will look very different.
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If you're a Machine Learning Engineer ready to make your next move in Melbourne, this is worth a serious look.