Senior Engineer – AI

Company Overview

LAB3 is one of Australasia’s largest Azure engineering practices, specialising in:

• Cloud & DevOps

• Data, IoT & AI

• Modern Workplace

• Security & Networks

LAB3 helps enterprise clients design, build, and operationalise AI solutions that deliver measurable business value. The company is recognised for innovation and customer satisfaction, and offers flexible, inclusive, and supportive work environments.

Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Company Size: ~201–500 employees
Website: lab3.com.au

Role Overview

The Senior AI Engineer will join LAB3’s Professional Services team to design, build, and operationalise AI solutions across the full AI lifecycle, from prototyping to production. This includes delivering Agentic AI, GenAI, and RAG solutions for enterprise clients.

Note: Must be based in Australia, a citizen, and ideally hold security clearance.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Delivery

• Work with clients to understand requirements and shape technical AI solutions on Azure.

• Build production-grade applications with CI/CD, monitoring, and observability.

GenAI & RAG Engineering

• Develop robust RAG pipelines, optimise prompts, improve latency/cost, and design evaluation/test frameworks for LLM-based systems.

MLOps & Platform Engineering

• Implement MLOps with Azure ML/Databricks: experiment tracking, model registry, feature stores, automated deployment, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Establish operational telemetry and model monitoring (drift, bias, quality).

Data & Integration

• Work with data engineers across ADLS, Delta Lake, EventHub, Synapse/Fabric, APIs, vector databases for scalable hybrid retrieval architectures.

Security, Governance & Consulting

• Apply enterprise-grade security (Entra, networking, secrets, RBAC), embed responsible AI practices, and produce HLD/LLDs.

• Lead workshops, present to stakeholders, mentor engineers, and contribute to reusable components and accelerators.

Candidate Requirements

• Experience: 7–10+ years in software/data/AI engineering, including 1 year in Agentic AI.

• Delivered enterprise Search/RAG/virtual agent solutions on Azure.

• Strong hands-on skills with Azure, Databricks, and Azure ML.

• Proven technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.

• Preferred: code/design artefacts, Azure/Databricks certifications, or relevant academic background.

Tools & Platforms:
Python, Microsoft Foundry, LangChain/Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Search, Redis, pgvector, ADLS, Delta Lake, Databricks, Synapse/Fabric, GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps, Docker, AKS, Key Vault, Bicep/Terraform, Azure Monitor, Prometheus/Grafana.

Benefits / Why Join LAB3

• Work with modern technologies and solve real enterprise problems.

• Join a Microsoft Partner of the Year award winner with multiple specialisations.

• Supportive culture promoting technical expertise, innovation, learning, inclusion, flexibility, and diversity.

• Remote/hybrid workplace with flexible work-life balance.

• Thrive in a community with strong values: #BeTrue #TeamUp #StandOut #ThinkAhead #FearLessAchieveMore

How to Apply

• Apply via the LAB3 portal, call, or connect on LinkedIn for more info.