Forward Deployed AI Engineer

SNAPSHOT OF BENEFITS

• Generous salary packaging to save you income tax on your wages thereby boosting your monthly take home pay (max. $15900 general expenses $2650 meals/accom)

• Ample opportunitiesfor on-going training and development

• Stimulating diverse and highly international research environment

• Flexible work arrangementse.g. start / finish times

• A range ofadditionalleave types to meet your personal needs including cultural leave conference leave communityserviceand study leave

• Discounted Health Insurance

• Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The key responsibilities include:

• Design build and deploy agentic AI workflows on Garvans enterprise platforms owningtechnical implementation from pilot to productionevaluationand maintenance.

• Collaborate directly with researchers and professional-services staff to understand realneeds and constraints.

• Contribute to identificationscopingand prioritisation of high-value AI use cases.

• Contribute to process mapping of targeted functions surfacing steps decision pointsinputs/outputsandexceptions toestablishthedesignbasisforautomationthatimproves practice rather than encoding existing inefficiencies.

• Standupandmaintainintegrations(includingModelContextProtocolservers)thatconnect agents to Garvan systems in partnership with IT.

• Integrate AI into existing bioinformaticsanalysisand operational workflows.

• Supportadoption:onboardusersprovideusersupportdevelopanddelivertrainingmaterials and workshop share use cases in seminars and user group meetings.

• BuildworkflowswithinGarvansAIgovernanceanddata-classificationstandardson enterprise platforms withappropriate humanoversight partnering with DSP and IT.

• Contributetoregularreporting(usecasesdeliveredevaluationmetricsadoption metrics staff feedback) and to ongoing horizon-scanning of AI capabilities and tools.

• Proactivelyidentify assess and report operational financial and safety risks associated with the duties of this role. The incumbentis required toadhere to the organisations RiskManagement Framework ensure all activities are conductedin accordance withestablished policies and procedures and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by suggesting mitigation strategies foridentifiedhazards or inefficiencies.

• All staff are required to comply with Garvans workplace policies (as amended from timeto time) and especially Garvans Work Health & Safety (WHS) Policy including working inaccordancewiththeWHSmanagementsystematalltimesassafetyisGarvans number one priority.
  

ABOUT YOU

The key skills and experience include:

• Degree in computer science software engineering data science computationalbiologyor a related field.

• Strong software engineering and scripting skills (notably Python) with familiarity with APIs version control and cloud environments.

• Demonstrated experience designingbuildingand deploying LLM-based and agentic workflows including prompt engineering tool/function calling retrieval-augmented approaches agent frameworks and integration patterns such as Model Context Protocol.

• Ability to work directly with non-technical users to translate needs into deployed solutions; excellent communicationfacilitationand stakeholder-engagement skills.Experiencedelivering training and enablement providing hands-on user support.

• Sound understanding of AI governance dataprivacyand security (including risks such as prompt injection and data-exfiltration) and human-in-the-loop design.

• Ability to concurrently manage multiple projects of diverse scope with changing requirements; strong attention to detail.

• Desirable: experience in a biomedical or research environment; familiarity with bioinformatics/analysis pipelines; process mapping and workflow automation; enterprise AI platforms (Gemini Enterprise Claude); HPC and cloud computing.

ABOUT GARVAN

Garvan Institute of Medical Researchis an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI)in Sydney delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australias largest and most highly regardedMRIs.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries toimpactand our enduring purpose is toimpacthuman health by harnessing information encoded in our genome.

Weseekto see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts not only for individual patients with rare diseases but for the many thousands affected by complex common disease.

Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity diversity inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture addnot culture fit and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this position pleasesubmityour application with a CV and cover letter as one documentstatingwhy you are interested in this role. We are reviewing applications as they are received. If you thinkyourethe right person for this rolewedlove to hear how your capabilities achievements and experience set you apart. Only applicants with full working rights in Australia are eligible to apply for this role.