
Staff Engineer Chapter Lead – Generative AI
Commonwealth Bank
Sydney
3 days ago
Staff Engineer Chapter Lead – Generative AI
CommSec is seeking a Staff Engineer Chapter Lead for Generative AI to drive the AI and strategic technology roadmap. This hands-on leadership role requires deep expertise in MLOps, GenAI services, and leading high-performing engineering teams to build production-grade AI capabilities. The position is based in Sydney, Australia, with hybrid work.
Hybrid
Full-time
Principal
Python
LangChain
Salary
Not specified
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
PythonLangChainLangGraphLlamaIndexAutoGenPineconeWeaviateAWSDockerKubernetes
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem solvingteamwork
Tools (Must-have)
GitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsDatadogPrometheusGrafanaCloudFormationCDKTerraformPagerDuty
Key Responsibilities
- Build and scale production-grade GenAI platforms (LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows)
- Translate advanced ML and NLP capabilities into deployable solutions
- Establish end-to-end AI quality and safety practices (evaluation frameworks, LLM observability, bias/risk controls)
- Drive strong DevSecOps maturity (CI/CD, IaC, automated testing, monitoring, cost optimisation)
- Champion automation-first engineering culture across the AI lifecycle
- Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams
- Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders by translating complex AI concepts into clear trade-offs
Staff EngineerChapter LeadGenerative AIPythonAWSMLOpsFinancial ServicesHybridSydneyCommSec