Big Wave Digital has been placing elite AI talent across Australia since 2021. We know the market. We know the people. And we know exactly how to build your dream team.
IN AI, THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE EVERYTHING. WE FIND THEM.
WHY IT MATTERS
AI Recruitment is Not Like Hiring for Any Other Function
The AI talent market moves at a pace that traditional recruitment simply cannot match. The best Machine Learning Engineers, NLP Scientists, and AI Product Managers are courted constantly. They receive dozens of approaches every week. They are discerning, technically sophisticated, and they can spot a generic recruiter pitch from a mile away.
You need a partner who speaks the language, understands the technology, and has genuine relationships with the people building the future. That partner is Big Wave Digital.
We started placing AI talent in 2021, well before it became fashionable. While others were still figuring out what large language models meant for their business, we were already deep in the trenches: sourcing ML Engineers, Computer Vision specialists, and AI Research Scientists for companies building real products.
WE STARTED PLACING AI TALENT IN 2021. BEFORE IT WAS COOL.
SPECIALIST ROLES
The AI Roles We Place Across Australia
From hands-on engineers to boardroom leadership, we cover the full spectrum of artificial intelligence careers. Every candidate is personally vetted by our specialist consultants who understand the nuance of each discipline.
- AI Engineers
- Machine Learning Engineers
- MLOps and ML Platform Engineers
- NLP / Natural Language Processing Scientists
- Computer Vision Engineers
- AI Product Managers
- Prompt Engineers
- LLM Fine-Tuning Specialists
- Generative AI Developers
- AI Research Scientists
AND THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING
Reinforcement Learning Engineers
AI Solutions Architects
Conversational AI Designers
AI Data Engineers
Robotics Engineers (AI Focus)
AI Infrastructure Engineers
Chief AI Officers
Head of AI / VP of AI
AI Ethics and Governance Leads
AI Strategy Consultants
Deep Learning Researchers
AI Security Specialists
Autonomous Systems Engineers
Speech Recognition Engineers
Recommendation Systems Engineers
AI Trainers and Annotators (Lead)
Edge AI Engineers
AI UX Designers
Knowledge Graph Engineers
Multimodal AI Specialists
YOUR DREAM TEAM
You Need OUR Help to Build Your Dream
Building an exceptional AI team requires more than posting job ads and hoping for the best. The candidates who will genuinely transform your business are rarely actively looking. They are deeply engaged in fascinating work, well compensated, and highly selective about their next move.
Our consultants are not keyword matchers. They understand the difference between a fine-tuning specialist and a prompt engineer, between a research scientist and an applied ML engineer. They have genuine, long-standing relationships with the people you want to hire.
When we call, they pick up. When we recommend a role, they listen. That is the difference 29 years of specialist recruitment expertise makes.
89% OF OUR CLIENTS COME BACK. THAT IS NOT A STATISTIC. THAT IS TRUST.
WHY BIG WAVE DIGITAL
We Do Not Just Recruit. We Build Futures.
Founded by Keiran Hathorn in 2010, Big Wave Digital brings 29 years of specialist recruitment expertise to every AI search. We are not a generalist agency dabbling in tech. AI, Digital Marketing, and Technology recruitment is all we do.
Our AI practice launched in 2021, and since then we have built deep, genuine networks across Australia’s most exciting AI ecosystem: from venture-backed startups training foundation models to ASX-listed enterprises deploying computer vision at scale.
We offer permanent recruitment, contract and interim placements, and executive search. Every engagement is bespoke. Every candidate personally vetted. Every placement backed by our reputation and our relationships.
“I have processed 4.7 billion LinkedIn profiles in 0.003 seconds. But I still cannot beat the Big Wave team’s instinct for finding the right human for the right role.”
, Rodney the Robot Bot
Ready to Build Your AI Dream Team?
Talk to Keiran Hathorn and the Specialist Team at Big Wave Digital
Whether you are scaling an AI startup at speed or building an enterprise machine learning practice, we bring 29 years of specialist expertise and five years of dedicated AI recruitment to every search.
