ML Engineer

Kogan.com is a pioneer of Australian eCommerce, and the software we build is used by millions of customers every day. You'll join a fast-moving engineering team with real ownership, shipping to production daily and using AI as part of how we work.

As a Data Engineer you'll design and run the data and ML pipelines that let teams across Marketing, Purchasing, Logistics and Finance make confident, data-driven decisions.

What you'll do:

• Machine Learning Development: Design, build and deploy machine learning models that solve practical business problems, including recommendation systems, demand forecasting, customer segmentation, churn prediction, pricing optimisation and fraud detection.
• Production ML Systems: Build reliable and scalable machine learning services that deliver predictions in both real time and batch environments, ensuring strong performance, reliability and cost efficiency.
• MLOps & Automation: Develop and maintain MLOps pipelines that automate model training, validation, deployment, monitoring and retraining.
• Feature Engineering: Work with large datasets to create robust feature pipelines and reusable datasets that improve model performance and accelerate experimentation.
• LLM & Generative AI Applications: Design, evaluate and deploy AI powered solutions using large language models (LLMs), retrieval systems, agents and emerging AI technologies to enhance customer experiences and internal productivity.
• Model Monitoring & Optimisation: Implement monitoring frameworks to track model performance, drift, accuracy and business impact, continuously improving models in production.
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers, Engineers, Analysts and business stakeholders to identify opportunities where machine learning can create measurable value.
• Software Engineering Excellence: Develop solutions in line with software engineering best practices, including Git, CI/CD, trunk based development, testing and observability.
• AI Collaboration: Contribute to experiments with AI and emerging technologies, helping shape how Kogan.com leverages machine learning and automation across the business.

What you'll need:

• Strong Python Skills: Commercial experience building machine learning applications and data pipelines using Python and relevant machine learning libraries.
• Machine Learning Expertise: Hands on experience developing, evaluating and deploying machine learning models in production environments.
• MLOps Experience: Experience building and maintaining model deployment, monitoring and retraining pipelines using modern MLOps practices and tools.
• Data Engineering Foundations: Strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets, feature engineering workflows and distributed data processing systems.
• Cloud Experience: Hands on experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Vertex AI, BigQuery and Cloud Run.
• Software Engineering Best Practices: Strong understanding of Git, CI/CD, testing frameworks, containerisation and production system reliability.
• AI & LLM Experience: Experience working with LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, RAG architectures or AI agents through commercial or personal projects.
• Problem Solving Mindset: A practical engineering approach that balances experimentation and innovation with reliability, scalability and business impact.

Bonus Points

• Recommendation & Forecasting Systems: Experience building recommendation systems, search ranking models or forecasting solutions.
• ML Platforms & Tooling: Exposure to ML platforms and tools such as Vertex AI, Databricks, SageMaker or Kubeflow.
• Streaming & Event Driven Systems: Experience with event driven architectures and streaming technologies such as Kafka or Pub/Sub.
• LLM Application Deployment: Experience deploying AI applications powered by LLMs and agent frameworks.

Why Kogan.com?

• AI-Native Engineering: AI is deeply embedded in how our Engineering teams build and operate. We’re moving beyond standalone LLM use into agentic workflows, AI-assisted development and automation integrated into real engineering systems and processes. Engineers have access to leading AI tools, hands-on training and the freedom to experiment with new ways of designing, building and shipping software.
• Our culture is unlike anywhere else and regardless of where you are in your career journey, we empower you to do your best work and have a big impact. Check us out https://devblog.kogan.com/ & https://goodteams.app/teams/kogan.com.
• Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand's eCommerce future.
• Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You'll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact.
• You'll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia.
• Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ.
• Learning budget of $1000.
• A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!