Lead Gen AI Engineer (GCP)

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NTT DATA is looking for a Lead Gen AI Engineer to deliver projects across AI transformation initiatives within top organisations in Australia. The Lead Generative AI Engineer will spearhead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of cutting edge Generative AI solutions across multi cloud environments. This role demands a blend of deep technical expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and proven engineering leadership to guide technical teams, optimise production grade AI systems, and establish robust backend architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Leadership: Lead the end to end lifecycle of GenAI based solutions, driving architectural design, hands on coding, and production deployment.
• Advanced Pipeline Engineering: Architect and optimise Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, manage vector databases, and implement sophisticated prompt optimisation techniques.
• System Integration: Implement industry best practices for APIs, microservices, and secure backend components to seamlessly integrate AI capabilities into enterprise systems.
• Prompt Lifecycle Management: Design, evaluate, and systematically tune system and user prompts to optimise for accuracy, minimise latency, and enforce safety guardrails.
• MLOps & Governance: Establish model versioning, continuous testing, and real time monitoring workflows to track model performance and mitigate data drift.
• Technical Mentorship: Provide expert level troubleshooting, system optimisation, and technical guidance to team members.

Required Technical Skills & Qualifications

• Software Engineering Foundation: 5+ years of hands on experience designing, developing, and implementing scalable software solutions, with mastery of Python.
• Leadership Capability: At least 2 years of experience leading technical teams or complex engineering projects.
• Generative AI Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of LangChain/ADK, Prompt Engineering, and model evaluation methodologies.
• Cloud Competency: Proven hands on experience navigating cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Modern Tooling & Dev Practices: Familiarity with next generation coding environments (e.g., Cursor, Windsurf), automated unit testing, rigorous coding standards review, and DevOps/CI CD pipelines.
• Credentials: Relevant certifications in AI/ML, specialised cloud platforms, or advanced software technologies are highly preferred.

Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working
• Leave options that allow you to contribute to your community, study, or just take time to recharge.
• A parental leave policy that supports parents and carers.
• Income protection insurance
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme and associated benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer

NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category.