AI Product Engineer

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Job Title: AI Product Engineer (2 Positions)

• Permanent Full Time
• Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital
• Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
• Flexible work options available

About the Role

These are two Permanent Full-Time positions within the Allied and Digital Health Division.

You will be responsible for designing, building, and deploying production AI solutions that address real clinical and operational problems at RCH — spanning revenue integrity, clinical workflow, diagnostic support, surveillance, and service design. You will work across the full pipeline, from evaluating whether an AI-based approach is suitable for a problem, through designing the appropriate orchestration architecture, to building and delivering the end product.

You will join a small team that operates with a high degree of autonomy and collective ownership, working together to move AI from validated concept through to production. The role reports to the Head of Intelligent Automation and works closely with engineers, clinical specialists, and operational staff. The technology stack is Python and React with FastAPI, deployed primarily on Azure, using Azure AI Foundry and AWS Bedrock as the primary AI platforms. AI-assisted development tools (including Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor) are used as part of standard practice.

What you’ll achieve:

• Design and build AI orchestration architectures for clinical and operational problems, including prompt chains, agent-based workflows, and hybrid systems combining AI reasoning with deterministic logic
• Build and deploy end-to-end AI-powered systems, from data ingestion through to the interface where clinicians and operational staff interact with outputs
• Evaluate the feasibility of AI-based approaches with clinical and operational staff, determining appropriate architectures and achievable levels of accuracy before committing to a full build
• Apply creative, considered problem-solving to clinical and operational challenges that do not have straightforward solutions

Your skills and experience

• Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, and/or significant relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying production software systems, with strong capability across backend development, API design, and at least one of frontend development or infrastructure.
• Practical experience with AI orchestration in a production context, including prompt engineering, multi-step prompt chains, agent architectures, retrieval-augmented generation, or hybrid systems combining AI with deterministic logic.
• Proficiency in Python and React, with experience building APIs using FastAPI or equivalent frameworks, and experience with the Azure cloud platform.
• Active use of AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor) as part of a regular workflow.
• An understanding of the healthcare sector and the ability to work effectively with clinical stakeholders, translating domain expertise into technical requirements.

If this sounds like you, click here for the position description.

What we offer:

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Early Learning Centre childcare
• Parkville location and close to public transport
• Discounted on-site car parking

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position please contact James Pownall, Chief Digital Innovation Lead Email: James.Pownall@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks. 

Are you ready to join our team?

Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 16 July 2026