“It begins at Bendigo Bank”

We’ve never been ‘just a bank’. Just like you should never be ‘just an employee’. We’re united in our belief that in banking, better can be bigger, and together we’re making it happen.

It starts here. With Bendigo Bank… and you.

About the opportunity 

Join our Cloud Platforms & DevOps Enablement team to shape, own and drive the successful adoption of AI infrastructure and platform capabilities. You will play a key role in building out platform capability to deliver AI solutions for the bank in line with customer safety and regulations. Responsibilities include end to end accountability for AI Platforms; including development of the banks AI Strategy, Service Strategy, performance, delivery, mentoring, and risk management.

Our model is cloud first, we’re modernising and simplifying. You’ll get the opportunity to work on the latest technologies and have access to continual learning and development opportunities.

If you enjoy designing and building great technology whilst collaborating and leading others, our community is a place you’ll thrive.

In this role you’ll get to…

• Plan, design, deliver and support Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms and frameworks.
• Deliver operational platforms and patterns as foundations for the journey with AI, with high levels of automation, standardised patterns supported for re-use within a continuously maturing operating model. 
• Provide leading inputs into architectural roadmap, service strategy, and technology target state for future vision for Service.
• Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers. Mentor others and develop technical talent.
• Educate teams on AI capabilities and utilising the capabilities in day-to-day practices.

What you’ll bring to the role

You’ll be passionate about AI and are a Technical Lead/Lead Engineer who wants to stay close to tech whilst providing technical leadership to a team.

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Expert technical background/understanding in Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI)/GenAI solutions, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Chatbot, or Large Language Model (LLM) Engineering as well as Cloud, Computing, Software or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Proven experience leading delivery of cloud deployments and AI platform solutions at scale ideally in regulated industries.
• Thorough understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, AWS or GCP, CI/CD tools (such as Gitlab & Artifactory) and scripting languages such as Python.
• Experience with cloud native application deployment and management using Kubernetes and Helm.
• Hands on experience with tools such as AWS Bedrock, AI Notebooks (Jupyter, VSCode or Google NotebookLM) and Google Vertex AI Studio will be highly desirable.
• You’ll have the ability to work with various stakeholders, have a positive mindset, and you can adapt to change and lead others with confidence.

We offer flexible work options that put our people first, and a hybrid model of a minimum of 40% of your week in the office, increasing to 60% in July 2025.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business. We support candidate requests for adjustment to accommodate an illness, injury, or disability to equitably participate in the selection process.

If this sounds like an opportunity for you check out the attached Position Description and apply.  2025-0~1.DOC

Please note, all internal candidates are required to notify their immediate leader when applying for a new career opportunity and you will be asked to acknowledge they have done so upon submission of your application.

Please contact the hiring leader Dan Corboy (Service Owner Cloud Platforms & DevOps) or Kate Weston (Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor) for a confidential discussion if there are any concerns meeting this requirement during the application process, or if you would like to discuss the position further. 

For more information, check out the Application Process for Internal Candidates page. 

Still in two minds?

Research suggests 60% of women and underrepresented groups might stop here, even after getting as far as drafting an application. We believe that diversity makes every team stronger, so even if you don’t tick every box we still want to see your application!

Please note shortlisting and interviews may take place prior to the advertised close date, so don't delay apply now!