AI Technical Lead

Position: AI Tech Lead

10+ years of overall experience.

• Collaborate with the Business Engagement Lead to understand the business use case and translate requirements into a robust technical solution.

• Coordinate with the remote POD team (a dedicated group of engineers) to drive successful implementation of the solution.

• Lead the pod’s day-to-day development and technical decisions.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the POD team, ensuring alignment with solution architecture and delivery goals.

• Translate product objectives into implementation plans and sprint goals.

Key Skills Required (Must Have)

a. Python coding for backend APIs, optionally Nodejs, Typescript

b. React.js – for front end

c. AWS services – Server less with Lambda, API Gateway, Step functions, SQS, S3, DB (Postgre, SQL)

d. CI/CD – Github actions, AWS CDK/Cloud Formation

e. Understanding of various AWS services

f. Provide technical leadership

Additional skills

• Proficient in Node.js and Python (or Type script)

• Strong experience with AWS services for building and deploying applications

• Database design expertise and hands-on experience working with various databases

• Experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines

• Familiarity with unit testing frameworks and best practices

• Solid understanding of AWS cloud architecture

• Practical knowledge of implementing agentic AI for business use cases

Engineering & Architecture

• Strong experience with cloud-native development, including secure handling of secrets, environment variables, and service configurations.

• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines for AI systems and microservices.

• Familiarity with team-based access control, code ownership, and repository governance.

• Skilled in modern programming languages and infrastructure-as-code practices.

• Ability to manage API specifications and service integrations across platforms.

• Experience agile software development

Leadership & Collaboration Expectations

• Ability and willingness to collaborate with Perth based Engagement Lead daily supporting the discovery phase of initiatives

• Lead technical design decisions and resolve blockers across pods.

• Manage code reviews, shared modules, and ensure engineering consistency.

• Drive agile development practices including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and velocity tracking.

• Foster a culture of growth mindset, technical excellence, encouraging experimentation, learning from failure, and continuous improvement.

• Support onboarding and mentoring of developers and AI engineers.

• Engage with business stakeholders when needed (Inform Engagement Lead).

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement Expectations

• Work closely with the Tech Chapter Lead and Engagement Lead to align technical decisions with the AI platform strategy, business goals, and cross-team dependencies.

• Represent the pod in technical forums, showcases, and architecture reviews.

• Communicate risks, trade-offs, and technical constraints clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

• Ensure timely updates to the Engagement Lead on technical decisions and stakeholder conversations.

Security & Compliance

• Awareness of enterprise data privacy and cybersecurity standards.

• Responsible handling of user interactions and logs, with clear boundaries for data retention and observability.

Tooling & Observability

• Use of observability tools for tracing, logging, and performance monitoring.

• Familiarity with API testing and authentication flows across service layers