Consultant | Data Science | Sydney

Job Requisition ID: 41134 

Consultant | Data Science | Sydney

• Thrive in an innovative, collaborative people culture
• Be part of market-leading projects with global scale and complexity
• We value in-person connection with our teams and clients, with flexibility to balance work and life

We are seeking an exceptional Data Scientist to join the M&A Analytics team! This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact the the future of tools that are used accross the M&A lifecycle. 

What will your typical day look like?

• Build and improve AI features for M&A workflows using modern AI models, prompt patterns, and supporting code
• Support pipeline development across data extraction, retrieval (RAG), and basic validation (with guidance from senior engineers)
• Testing and evaluation: contribute to test sets, quality checks, and regression testing for prompts and workflows
• Deploy with support: help ship and run AI services in development and production environments using team tooling and processes
• Learn observability basics: assist with monitoring, logging, and tracking key accuracy/latency metrics
• Collaborate closely with M&A practitioners, engineers, and security to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions

Key Accountabilities: 

• AI Applications: Contribute to building AI features and applications that address real business challenges, working with the team to take ideas from prototype through to reliable delivery.
• Research & Development: Stay across emerging trends in Generative AI and contribute to team learning through experimentation, write-ups, and knowledge sharing.
• Technical Development: Grow your engineering skills through hands-on delivery, feedback, and mentoring in a team that moves fast with a test-and-learn mindset.

What you’ll learn

• How to design and build enterprise-grade AI applications for real client use cases
• Practical experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, retrieval (RAG), and evaluation techniques
• Good engineering practices for shipping software (code quality, testing, review, and documentation)
• How to deploy and operate AI services with appropriate monitoring and guardrails
• How to work in cross-functional teams with M&A practitioners, engineers, and security stakeholders

About the team 

At Deloitte we are building and scaling a suite of AI powered products to speed up M&A due diligence, valuation, origination and deal execution. In this role, you’ll work with experienced engineers and practitioners to help design and build AI features that enable teams to interrogate data rooms, extract and validate insights from structured/unstructured documents, and generate client-ready outputs.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.

• 0–2 years’ experience (or equivalent internships/projects) in software engineering and AI
• Strong Python fundamentals and experience working with common data/AI libraries
• Understanding of core software engineering concepts (APIs, testing, version control, code review)
• A degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset
• Hands-on exposure to LLMs, prompt engineering, retrieval (RAG), or agentic workflows
• Experience building simple production APIs (e.g., FastAPI) and integrating with databases (SQL/NoSQL)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure preferred), containers, and CI/CD concepts
• Familiarity with frontend development (React/Next.js) is advantageous

Why Deloitte?  

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.   

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.  

We value in-person connection with our clients and our colleagues. We offer several ways for you to work flexibly so that you can serve your clients, stay connected with your team, and manage your personal priorities.

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.  

 Next Steps  

Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you!  

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.