Senior AI Applied Engineer

Location: Australia & New Zealand Department: Technology – Engineering Employment Type: Permanent Full Time Remote Work: Remote-first across Australia or New Zealand, with flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 3 months per calendar year.

About Envato

At Envato, everything we do is about empowering creatives to thrive. We're here to help creatives bring their ideas to life, supercharge their workflows, and equip them with an unparalleled toolkit they can use anywhere. With unlimited access to world-class assets, innovative AI tools, and hands-on tutorials, we deliver what creatives need today - and are continually evolving our offering. As AI transforms the creative landscape, we’re committed to building what’s next for the future. We’re a purpose-driven company and we’ve long embraced flexible, inclusive ways of working. We’re proud of the connected culture we’ve built across our global team. Our values: Community Spirit, Build Our Future, Embrace Diversity, Make It Happen, and Make Envato Proud guide everything we do, shaping how we work, grow, and succeed. You can read more about us on our blog, including news of our acquisition by Shutterstock Inc in 2024.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Applied AI Engineer who’s a builder at heart. You’ll use your skills to design and deliver new AI-powered experiences for our customers, while reimagining how we build and ship our own products. If you love AI, solving complex challenges, experimenting and turning ideas into real impact — we’d love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

Build and ship AI-powered features that enhance our customer workflows
Use AI to improve how we work — from smarter dev tools to smoother deployments
Work across the stack, from hands-on coding to system design
Collaborate with engineers, PMs, designers, and content specialists to bring ideas to life
Share knowledge on emerging AI tech, helping the team stay ahead of the curve
Bring curiosity, creativity, and a bias for action to everything you do

About you

Strong background in applied AI/ML with hands-on experience in:
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Multimodal models
Embeddings
Generative tools
Proven experience shipping real AI features to real customers
Skilled in context engineering — designing prompts, retrieval pipelines, metadata integration, and memory/state management to ground AI systems in real product contexts
Familiar with orchestration tools like LangChain and skilled at building reliable, maintainable AI systems
A creative problem-solver who thrives in ambiguity
A collaborator who can work across product, design, and data teams to get results
Energised by fast-moving environments where you can experiment, iterate and make an impact

Life at Envato

Flexible Working: remote-first across Australia or New Zealand with flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need
Work from Anywhere: apply to work in another location for up to 3 months per calendar year
Connection Budget: an annual budget to connect with the team in real life where possible
Learning Budget: study leave and an annual budget for learning and development
Home Office Allowance: contribution towards setup plus monthly allowance for work-from-home costs
Wellbeing: access to a holistic assistance program supporting many areas of life and health
Volunteer Leave: 2 days per calendar year for volunteering/community giving back
Parental Leave: 20 weeks paid primary carer leave; 6 weeks paid secondary carer leave

Additional Information

Commitment to responding to every applicant. Reasonable adjustments available for candidates needing them.
Use of AI tools may support parts of hiring process but final decisions made by humans.

Skills Mentioned

Applied AI/ML expertise including LLMs (Large Language Models)
Multimodal models
Embeddings techniques
Generative tools development
Context engineering (prompts design, retrieval pipelines)
Metadata integration & memory/state management in AI systems
Orchestration tools such as LangChain