At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering for AI solutions, mentor teams, and shape technical strategy.
- Company: Join BusinessAI, Australia's first full-service AI automation partner.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, performance incentives, and growth opportunities.
- Other info: Diverse team culture encouraging women in tech to apply.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-growing AI startup with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in software engineering and proven leadership in SaaS or AI.
The predicted salary is between 135000 - 165000 $ per year.
Location
Port Melbourne, 3207
Reports to
Director of AI & Product
Lead the engineering function of one of Australia’s fastest-growing AI automation companies, building scalable AI solutions that deliver real business impact.
- Competitive executive salary + performance incentives
- Hands-on leadership role with direct influence on company growth
- Opportunity to shape the technical roadmap, delivery systems, and engineering culture from the ground up
About The Company
Business AI is Australia’s first full-service AI automation partner, helping small and medium businesses unlock efficiency, growth, and scale through practical AI solutions.
- Specialises in AI education, automation strategy, and implementation
- Builds AI agents and automation systems that deliver measurable commercial outcomes
- Focused on turning AI potential into real-world business execution
- Backed by experienced operators with strong growth momentum
- Driven by innovation, customer outcomes, and operational excellence
About The Role
This is a full-time Head of Engineering role leading Business AI’s engineering capability across delivery, systems architecture, team leadership, and technical strategy.
- Lead engineering delivery across customer and internal AI solutions
- Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team
- Design scalable frameworks, accelerators, and reusable AI components
- Work directly with the Director of AI on roadmap execution and technical strategy
- Act as the senior technical authority in customer-facing engagements
You will operate as a true player-coach, combining hands-on engineering with leadership, commercial input, and strategic decision-making.
- What You’ll Do
- Lead engineering delivery across customer engagements and internal platform development
- Write code, prototype solutions, and establish engineering best practices
- Design and deliver AI agents, automation systems, APIs, and orchestration frameworks
- Build scalable delivery models that improve speed, quality, and margin
- Manage and mentor engineering talent across onshore and offshore teams
- Implement engineering standards including TDD, CI/CD, and scalable deployment practices
- Partner with consulting and sales teams during solution scoping and customer workshops
- Translate business challenges into commercially viable technical solutions
- Develop reusable technical IP, frameworks, and accelerators that strengthen competitive advantage
- Ensure engineering quality, governance, reliability, and consistency across all delivered solutions
Skills & Experience
We are looking for a highly capable engineering leader with deep technical expertise and strong commercial awareness.
- 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams in Saa S or AI environments
- Demonstrated success delivering production-grade solutions to external customers
- Strong expertise across modern AI/ML stacks including LLMs, agent frameworks, retrieval systems, and orchestration patterns
- Advanced Python experience with strong API development capabilities across REST and Graph QL
- Experience implementing TDD and CI/CD practices across engineering teams
- Working knowledge of modern front-end frameworks such as React, Vue, or Next. js
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial mindset with the ability to contribute to scoping, pricing, and solution design discussions
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments
You don’t need to tick every box.
We know great candidates don’t always apply unless they meet every requirement.
If this role excites you and you believe you can make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re committed to building a more diverse team and particularly encourage women in engineering and technology to apply.
- Culture
- High-performance, execution-focused environment
- Strong emphasis on ownership, accountability, and innovation
- Direct collaboration with senior leadership and strategic decision-makers
- Fast-moving startup culture with significant growth opportunities
- Focused on practical AI outcomes and measurable customer impact
Benefits
- Competitive executive salary package
- Performance incentives tied to delivery and business growth
- Direct influence over technical strategy and engineering standards
- Opportunity to build and shape the engineering function from an early stage
- Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and enterprise implementations
- Collaborative environment with strong leadership support
- Clear pathway toward long-term leadership and equity growth opportunities
- Key Success Metrics
- On-time and on-margin delivery of customer engagements
- Engineering quality and customer satisfaction outcomes
- Scalability and efficiency improvements across delivery systems
- Team capability, retention, and engineering performance
- Growth and leverage of reusable technical IP and frameworks
- Consistency and reliability of solutions delivered under the Business AI brand
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Head of Engineering in Melbourne employer: BusinessAI
BusinessAI is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant city of Melbourne, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. As an AI Growth Strategist, you'll enjoy the benefits of warm leads and the autonomy to develop your own pipeline, all while being part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to leveraging AI for business growth. With ample opportunities for professional development and a focus on building lasting client relationships, BusinessAI is the perfect place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in the tech industry.
