Principal Architect - AI Experiences and Enablement

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

The Opportunity

We’re hiring a Principal Architect to lead how SEEK designs and builds AI‑enabled and agentic experiences at scale. Reporting to the Head of Architecture – Data & AI, you’ll own the vision, reference architectures and guardrails for AI and agentic solutions across SEEK.

You’ll establish the foundations, patterns and standards that enable teams to build agents that are trusted, safe and high‑impact – integrating securely with SEEK systems and delivering measurable value for customers and SEEKers. You’ll work closely with design, data science, engineering, product and architecture teams to turn ideas into scalable, human‑centred AI experiences.

We care more about what you’ve done than your title. You might be a Principal/Staff Architect, AI/ML Architect, Platform or Solution Architect. If you’ve been designing and delivering complex AI or agentic systems, and effectively operating at a senior leadership level, we’d love to talk – even if you haven’t held the “Enterprise Architect” title.

The Team

Sitting within the Data and AI Architecture domain, this role operates centrally across Customer, Enterprise and Platform architecture to drive cohesive strategies and governance. The team provides specialist, cross‑functional leadership to ensure scalable, consistent outcomes across SEEK’s ecosystem. You’ll manage and mentor solution architects, align architecture, uplift capability and strengthen stakeholder engagement.

What you’ll do

• Define enterprise‑wide standards, reference architectures and guardrails for AI and agentic experiences.
• Shape the end‑to‑end lifecycle of agents – creation, orchestration, monitoring, observability and oversight.
• Act as a strategic advisor on AI and agentic adoption, investment and governance.
• Enable teams with reusable capabilities, patterns and frameworks to safely accelerate delivery.
• Lead and guide solution design for high‑impact, AI‑centric initiatives.
• Drive experimentation with emerging frameworks/protocols (e.g. MCP, A2A, AP2) and translate learnings into platform and architecture standards.
• Embed trust, security, privacy and responsible AI in all agentic architectures.

Why this role and team?

You’ll shape the next generation of AI‑powered and agentic experiences across APAC, have direct influence on technology and investment decisions, and help establish the foundations used by product, business and engineering teams. You’ll join a high‑performing, inclusive, people‑first culture and have the opportunity to build your profile across the broader APAC AI ecosystem.

If you’ve been designing and delivering real AI and agentic systems at scale, we’d love to hear from you.

About you

• Deep experience designing systems with human‑in‑the‑loop interactions, autonomous agents or workflow automation.
• Strong knowledge of LLMs, AI/ML systems and agent frameworks (e.g. LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI or similar).
• Experience architecting AI platform capabilities (e.g. LLM or MCP gateways/servers) on AWS and/or GCP.
• Comfortable with event‑driven, modular architectures, vector databases and modern AI frameworks.
• Practical understanding of AI observability, monitoring and evaluation.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, shape strategy and guide organisations through technology change.
• Strong communicator and thought leader, with a growth mindset and appetite for experimentation.

Permanent Perks

At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.