Senior Machine Learning Engineer

About us

Mantel is an Australian-owned IT Professional Services consultancy, focused on emerging technology to help advance our clients by leveraging AI, Digital, Cloud, Data & Security technology. We are a fully AI-enabled technology consultancy and the partner that bridges the gap between blue-sky ambition and practical steps to deliver value. Since our inception in November 2017, we have experienced remarkable growth across Australia & New Zealand and are honoured to be recognised as a Great Place to Work for 6 years in a row! 

We hire smart and talented people and get out of their way. As a principle-based organisation, we have a flat structure with no hierarchy. By focusing on our five principles and not getting caught up in red tape, we trust you to get the job done!

Data Working in data at Mantel means you'll be ahead of the curve. You can align to a particular cloud platform or remain cloud agnostic, specialising in data engineering, machine learning, analytics, or data science. You'll design and scale enterprise-level, fully automated Agentic AI solutions, and speed up data platform migrations.

About the role 

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with Mantel, you will work with other smart, passionate and skilled people to deliver high-quality AI solutions and strategic ML outcomes to our clients. You'll be a key driver in architectural decisions and the implementation of advanced machine learning systems.

Your day-to-day

• Leading AI Solution design and architectural recommendations for complex data science and AI use cases.

• Developing and deploying robust AI solutions from proof-of-values to enterprise-scale applications, ensuring scalability and performance.

• Applying and championing ML Ops/LLM Ops/Agentic Ops best practice principles to create responsible, reusable, and automated pipelines for AI development and deployment.

• Supporting and significantly contributing to pre-sales activities, including high-level conversations, technical solution design, compelling presentations, and expert input to writing proposals and SOW's.

• Mentoring and guiding junior team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

• Use professional judgement while treating colleagues and clients with respect and compassion, and a demonstrated ability to display our Mantel principles

What you’ll need to be successful: 

• Modern software engineering skills: You can confidently design and implement well-structured code bases and manage the full software development lifecycle, including advanced CI/CD, TDD, monitoring, and logging strategies.

• Commercial experience in modern AI solution development, including designing and implementing production-grade machine learning applications.

• Proven expertise in deploying AI solutions into production with robust and repeatable ML Ops/LLM Ops practices.

• Advanced cloud engineering skills to architect, use, and deploy complex cloud services in at least one major cloud stack (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

• A comprehensive understanding of traditional data science and modern AI concepts, including Generative AI, Agentic AI, and their practical applications.

• Significant consulting experience, either with external clients or internally within a large organisation, with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders.

• At Mantel, we want you to be yourself. We trust our team members to use their professional judgment while treating colleagues and clients with respect, compassion, and professionalism in alignment with our five principles.

• You take ownership, always stepping up to help and prioritising your teammates. You're also a clear, kind communicator who makes sound decisions based on good judgement. 

What you can expect from us:

• We believe in unique experiences for all. Our My Deal program allows you to tailor your yearly plan, with the support of your Leader, to decide on what’s most important to you. That might be extra professional development, extra annual leave, time to work on your side hustle, or something else completely different! One size does not fit all. 

• You’ll get all the tools you need to hit the ground running including a new phone, laptop & swag.  

• A true investment in your AI-first career. We are a fully AI-enabled consultancy and provide you with the tools to lead. This includes access to the Mantel AI Gateway, our secure, centralised platform with multiple AI models, plus a dedicated monthly budget and a safe environment to experiment and innovate. 

• You’ll be genuinely supported by an organisation that cares about not only you but your family as well, Mantel offers Flexible Personal Leave options for those unplanned moments in life.

• We support a flexible hybrid approach to working which is guided by our principles; we trust each other to “make good choices” about the best workplace locations for the requirements of the project, role and client. This can change based on our client needs.

• We know you won’t have one job for life. At Mantel, we believe in supporting our team to take their career in a direction that aligns with their passions. We have internal opportunities across Cloud, Data, Digital, Delivery & Security.

• Our elite partnerships are a direct result of our deep platform mastery. For you, this means you'll be working alongside teams with the highest levels of technical expertise and tackling the most complex, high-profile projects on the market. Check out our partner awards and recognitions here.

• Mantel is a certified Family Inclusive Workplace, which means we are committed to improving your wellbeing at work through leading practices on flexible work, parental leave, family care and family wellbeing

We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds and minority groups to apply.