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AI Solution EngineerAustralian Financial Complaints Authority · Melbourne, VIC, au
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AI Solution Engineer

🗓️ Posted 2026-10-08 Melbourne, VIC, au Contract Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$10,833–A$15,000/mo

About the Company

We provide consumers and small businesses with fair, free and independent dispute resolution for financial complaints. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is the one-stop-shop for consumers and small businesses with a complaint about banking, credit, insurance, superannuation, investments and advice. We provide fair, independent and effective solutions for financial disputes. Established in 2018, AFCA is Australia's only ombudsman service for the financial services sector. We work with consumers, small businesses, industry, regulators and Government, to raise standards and reduce financial disputes through innovative solutions, education and communication. We deliver to the Australian community services that are easy to use, free for complainants, efficient, timely and impartial. AFCA's diverse workforce is made up of more than 1600 team members from across Victoria and New South Wales, with expertise in dispute resolution, finance, insurance and superannuation. Our people are driven by our values to be fair and independent, transparent and accountable, honest and respectful and proactive and customer focused. We're passionate about fairness and delivering a trusted and ethical service and excellent customer experience . Our culture and workplace reflects the diversity of those we serve. We share a vision to be a world class ombudsman service: raising standards and minimising disputes; meeting diverse community needs, and trusted by all. AFCA considers complaints that previously would have been handled by the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Credit Investments Ombudsman and the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal. Follow us for latest news, updates and to find out more about the work we do. Financial Services Specialties: alternative dispute resolution, legal, case management, insurance, banking, superanuation, investments and advice

Responsibilities

  • ● Fairness feels good Make a real impact at AFCA. Where fairness drives every decision. Help us deliver world-class, independent complaints resolution for Australians. As a not-for-profit and progressive financial ombudsman, we're championing positive change. Achieving our purpose takes progressive thinking, accountability and resilience. At AFCA, our inclusive leadership values every voice. We offer our people flexible work options, thoughtful benefits and opportunities to deepen expertise. Flourish in a diverse, caring culture. Feel the difference of belonging to an organisation intentionally designed to put people first.
  • ● This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of data science, machine learning and solution engineering . You'll design, build and deploy AI solutions that solve real business problems, unlock insights from complex data, and contribute to AFCA's growing AI maturity. Reporting to the Technical Data Manager , you will play a key role in designing, developing and operationalising AI and machine learning solutions across AFCA. Working closely with data engineers, architects, business stakeholders and delivery teams, you'll transform business challenges into practical AI solutions that deliver measurable outcomes. This role is about more than building models. You'll help bridge the gap between analytical concepts and production implementation, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure and aligned with responsible AI principles. This is initially a 12-month contract position. What you'll be doing: Design, build and deploy end-to-end AI and machine learning solutions Translate business problems into analytical approaches, model designs and technical solutions Explore and analyse structured and unstructured data to identify trends, patterns and insights Develop, evaluate and optimise machine learning models for classification, prediction and decision support Partner with data and platform engineers to integrate models into enterprise systems and workflows Contribute to AI engineering, MLOps, DevOps and CI/CD practices Support testing, deployment, monitoring and continuous improvement of AI solutions Embed responsible AI principles including fairness, transparency, privacy and explainability Document models, analytical methods and solution designs to support governance and sustainability Communicate complex analytical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • ● BOSS Best Places to Work 2024 -credited for its culture, engagement and flexible working arrangements. Most Inclusive Workplace 2024 - Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards. Employer of Choice Public Sector and NFP - Australian HR Awards 2023 Bronze AWEI Accreditation 2024 - Recognised for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion. Accredited Family Friendly Workplace - Supporting work-life balance and inclusivity. Hybrid working - Flexible arrangements with state-of-the-art offices designed for collaboration and wellbeing. Inclusive leave options - Flexible public holidays, 20 weeks paid parental leave, gender affirmation leave, women's health leave, and paid time off over Christmas. Financial benefits - Not-for-profit salary packaging to boost take-home pay. To apply If you're passionate about fairness and believe your skills align with this role, we encourage you to apply-even if you don't meet every single criterion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities. If you require any accessibility support during the recruitment process, please reach out to our team at [email protected]. AFCA is a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we are committed to responding to every applicant.