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The role brings the AI blueprint to life by developing prototypes, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and production-ready accelerators that enable business teams to safely and rapidly deploy AI capabilities.\nYou'll make impact by:\nContinuously evaluate emerging AI technologies, platforms, frameworks, and models.\nIdentify opportunities to leverage AI across customer, network, corporate, and technology domains.\nDesign and build AI proof-of-concepts (PoCs), pilots, and minimum viable products.\nValidate business value, technical feasibility, and operational considerations.\nBuild and integrate Generative AI applications using enterprise-approved platforms.\nDevelop Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.\nDesign and implement AI agent architectures and orchestration patterns.\nIntegrate AI capabilities into business processes and enterprise systems.\nContribute to the evolution of TPG's AI platforms and foundational capabilities.\nSupport the establishment of AI engineering standards and best practices.\nContribute to enterprise AI reference architectures.\nTranslate the AI Blueprint into an architectural roadmap and mentor delivery teams on AI best practices.\nEnsure all solutions comply with TPG's AI governance, security, privacy, and risk requirements.\nIncorporate responsible AI principles into solution design and implementation.\nPartner with governance and risk teams to assess emerging AI capabilities.\n\nWhat you’ll bring:\nExperience with Python, APIs, cloud-native development, and modern engineering practices.\nExperience developing Generative AI solutions using LLMs.\nExperience with prompt engineering and AI orchestration frameworks.\nKnowledge of vector databases and Retrieval Augmented Generation.\nExperience integrating AI services with enterprise systems and data platforms.\nFamiliarity with cloud AI services across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.\nExperience implementing AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics solutions.\nAbility to translate business challenges into AI solutions.\nIdeally, you will also have:\nExperience with AI Agents and multi-agent architectures.\nExperience with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Claude, Copilot Studio, or equivalent platforms.\nExperience with Databricks, AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, Azure AI Foundry, or Microsoft Copilot ecosystems.\nTelecommunications industry experience.\nExperience working within enterprise governance and risk frameworks.\nBenefits\nFlexible hybrid way of working (from home and office)\n‘Stay Connected Mobile’ - Access to a free mobile plan\n‘Stay Connected NBN’ - Access to a free, high-speed NBN plan (up to 500 Mbps)\nAccess to TPG Learning Hub platform and internal development opportunities\nAccess to Corporate Partner Discounts\nDon’t meet every single requirement? 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