Agentic Discovery Analyst - AI Forward Deployed

About the role

IAG, the largest general insurance group in Australia and New Zealand, is looking for an Agentic Discovery Analyst to join its AI Forward Deployed team in Brisbane. The role works directly with business units to identify high-value challenges, build and test AI agents, workflows and prototypes, and experiment with large language models, agentic frameworks and generative AI technologies. It is a twelve-month fixed-term contract or secondment with a flexible hybrid model based on the East Coast of Australia.

Key responsibilities

• Build and run AI and agentic prototypes.
• Design workflows combining LLMs, tools and enterprise knowledge.
• Experiment with models, prompts and architectures.
• Evaluate performance, reliability and quality.
• Capture learnings, reusable patterns and best practices.
• Collaborate with product, platform and delivery teams and help shape AI solutions before production.

Required profile

• Experience may come from university, internships, side projects, hackathons or early career roles; prior AI expertise is not essential.
• Interest in AI, machine learning or generative AI.
• Comfortable in fast-moving environments with evolving requirements.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Required skills

• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Foundational experience with Python or similar programming languages.

What we offer

• Boosted superannuation at 13% as standard.
• 20 days annual leave plus 5 days MyLeave.
• Work from home and other flexibility options with myFlex.
• Up to 50% off personal insurance and partner discounts on private health insurance, tech and appliances.
• 20 weeks paid parental leave.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, the IAG Academy, study assistance and secondment opportunities.