AI Engineer

Salary: Circa $150K - $170K + Super + Monthly Bonus

Cadence Connect is exclusively partnered with an established, Australian-owned fintech to find a Senior AI Engineer. Their platform is used by lenders and merchants, so the work is live, regulated and matters to the people using it.

AI is already part of how this business operates. There's a governance charter in place, a retrieval-based assistant in testing for internal documentation and support, and AI coding agents in use across every department. What's needed now is a senior engineer to take ownership of AI delivery across the platform, both internal tools and customer-facing features, and to finish building the governance framework that keeps it all safe and compliant.

You'll report directly to the CTO, with no direct reports, and real authority to push back on projects that don't meet the standard.

What your week looks like

You'll set up evaluation from day one, so nothing reaches production without a measured accuracy baseline. You'll own the guardrails, including PII handling, prompt injection defence, human-in-the-loop checkpoints and audit evidence for anything that touches a regulated decision. Just as importantly, you'll know when AI isn't the answer, and when a rules engine will do the job better. You'll make sure AI work across the organisation complies with the governance charter, and you'll bring forward new ideas rather than waiting for a brief.

What you'll be building

• Anomaly detection and…