Senior AI Platform Engineer
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing platform team focused on evolving and scaling Sportsbet’s cloud and AI capabilities. Reporting into the Platform Manager – Cloud, you will play a key role in designing, building, and operating Sportsbet’s emerging AI Platforms.
You will work closely with cloud engineers, architects, and application teams on core platform initiatives spanning cloud architecture, automation, governance, and cost optimisation. With cloud and AI as the primary focus, you will help define and implement secure, scalable AI platform architectures and patterns using AWS cloud services and AI/ML products.
You will also drive efficiency by collaborating cross-functionally to embed AI capabilities into core systems and workflows, minimising duplicated effort and accelerating delivery across teams. Through reusable solution architectures, automation, and platform-first thinking, you will help lift overall cloud and AI maturity across the organisation.
In addition, you will mentor and support other engineers, promote modern engineering practices, and champion cloud-native and AI-first approaches while maintaining a strong focus on operational excellence, cost optimisation, and long-term platform sustainability.
- Design, build, and operate Sportsbet’s emerging AI Platforms.
- Work closely with cloud engineers, architects, and application teams on core platform initiatives spanning cloud architecture, automation, governance, and cost optimisation.
- Define and implement secure, scalable AI platform architectures and patterns using AWS cloud services and AI/ML products.
- Drive efficiency by collaborating cross-functionally to embed AI capabilities into core systems and workflows, minimising duplicated effort and accelerating delivery across teams.
- Develop reusable solution architectures, automation, and platform-first thinking to lift overall cloud and AI maturity across the organisation.
- Mentor and support other engineers, promote modern engineering practices, and champion cloud-native and AI-first approaches.
- Maintain a strong focus on operational excellence, cost optimisation, and long-term platform sustainability.
- Deep expertise in AWS cloud services, including IaC, cloud networking, and security (required).
- Strong hands-on experience in AI and ML (required).
- Proven experience architecting and deploying AI-centric architectures in the cloud, including scalable, secure, and cost-optimised solutions (required).
- Deep code development expertise in Python, with experience integrating AI services via APIs (required).
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to communicate with influence (required).
- Passionate about coaching and mentoring others (required).
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities (required).
- Competitive salary and generous performance-based bonus for permanent staff members.
- 25 days annual leave.
- Hybrid working policy (Monday and Friday from home).
- $1,050 home office allowance for new starters.
- Industry leading Parental Leave support program with 26 weeks paid leave for Primary Carers and no wait time.
- Progressive return to work benefit for the first 6 months: come back for 3 days, get paid for 4; come back for 4 days, get paid for 5.
- Hack Days for creativity and collaborative ideas.
- Access to outstanding career development programs, including expert-led internal training and external learning opportunities (staff allowance for personal development).
- Weekly concierge service including free massages and nail appointments – all onsite in the Melbourne office.
- Free breakfast, daily fresh fruit and weekly rotating socials, from Thursday office drinks to fun team events.
- End of trip facilities with onsite table tennis and pool tables.
- Discounted health insurance and free flu jabs yearly.
Sportsbet is a leading Australian online wagering operator and part of Flutter Entertainment. It serves more than 2.4 million customers through a customer-first, insight-driven approach, helping Australians engage with racing and sporting events. The company employs more than 1,300 people across Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin, with over half working in technology and data. As a market leader, Sportsbet emphasises corporate and social responsibility, customer safety and high industry standards, and is headquartered in Melbourne.