Modelling Analyst

Slater and Gordon Lawyers are a leading personal injury and class actions law firm where every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients we are people caring for people.

Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-long service leave, together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

*What are we looking for?*
Our Data and Analytics team is now seeking a Modelling Analyst (Data Science/AI). In this role, you'll apply machine learning and AI to solve meaningful business challenges - designing and deploying advanced models (e.g. LLM finetuning, CatBoost, Random Forest), and building innovative in-house AI solutions tailored to the legal sector.

While having a core focus on model development and AI, you'll collaborate across the full solution life cycle including data wrangling, stakeholder management, platform development, Azure cloud and more to bring data science ideas to life. Success will come from thriving in a dynamic environment, adapting to new technologies, engaging with stakeholders across the business to build alignment, and delivering measurable impact with every solution.

This is a fixed term contract position based in our Melbourne Office. We offer a flexible work environment where you can spend your time between home and office.

Day to day responsibilities will include

Machine Learning

• Develop, train, fine-tune, and deploy robust machine learning models to address specific business challenges.
• Oversee the complete MLops lifecycle including deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and ongoing optimisation of models.

Generative AI Development

• Design, implement, and integrate large language models (LLMs) within business applications.
• Develop and enforce robust controls for LLMs such as structured output formatting, logging, and monitoring to ensure reliability, security, and compliance.

Data Wrangling & Engineering Collaboration

• Perform data preparation, cleansing, transformation, and validation to support analytics and AI initiatives.
• Partner with data engineering teams to design, implement, and optimise effective data pipelines for scalable, reliable production deployment.

Platform & Application Development

• Build and enhance the backend components of our in-house AI platform(s).
• Collaborate closely with technical and product teams to continuously improve platform functionality, user experience, and integration capabilities.

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with stakeholders to identify needs, manage expectations, and gather feedback throughout the project lifecycle.

*What will you bring?
It is
essential*
that you have the relevant qualifications, experience, skills and capabilities, these include

Qualifications |

• Data Science, Computer Science or related qualification

Experience |

• Python (advanced)
• Machine Learning (end-to-end)
• Cloud platform experience
• 3+ years data science experience

Skills/Capabilities |

• Problem solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Flexibility to adapt to new challenges outside of core job description
• Effective verbal and written communication

It would also be
highly desirable
if you had the following experience, skills and capabilities

Experience |

• Devops/MLops
• LLM/AI Agents development
• T-SQL
• Azure experience and/or certifications
• React (javascript) and/or .Net
• Microsoft Fabric

Skills/Capabilities |

• Project Management methodologies (e.g. Agile/Waterfall).
• Innovation mindset
• Change management skills

*What next?*
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Slater and Gordon. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.

To be eligible for this position, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident, or hold a valid visa with full and unrestricted working rights in Australia. Proof of work rights will be required as part of the Slater and Gordon application process.
Acknowledgement of Country
Slater and Gordon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.

Diversity + Inclusion
Slater and Gordon is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. Slater and Gordon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes. We understand that everyone has different needs. If you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know in your application.