Explore career options in intelligent digital technologies and AI
Here you can find information on the types of careers and employment roles programs within information technology or computer science may lead you.
You can also discover where to look for job vacancies, as well as professional associations, mentoring and international opportunities.
Opportunities
A career in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is characterised by dynamic growth, innovative challenges, and transformative potential. Key features of AI careers include a strong focus on developing cutting-edge technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision. Professionals in this field engage in creating algorithms, building intelligent systems, and solving complex problems across diverse industries, from healthcare to finance. Contemporary trends reveal a surge in demand for AI specialists, driven by the integration of AI into everyday applications and the growing importance of big data analytics. There is also a heightened emphasis on ethical AI practices, ensuring fairness, transparency, and accountability in AI systems. As AI continues to evolve, it opens up interdisciplinary opportunities, necessitating a blend of technical skills, ethical considerations, and innovative thinking. This rapidly changing landscape promises exciting and impactful career prospects.
Career fields
- Manufacturing
- Retail
- Logistics and transport
- Finance
- Automobile industry
- Government and defence
- Media
- Marketing
- National security
- IoT-enabled systems
- Agriculture
- Healthcare
- Technology companies (software/hardware)
- Cybersecurity
- Software and applications programming
- Big data analytics
- User experience design
Employment roles
- Software engineer
- Software developer
- Data scientist
- Data analyst
- Robotics system developer
- Robotics system engineer
- Process and automation analyst
- Backend developer
- Natural language processing engineer
- Solutions architect
- AI engineer
- Machine learning engineer
- Logistics solutions specialist
- Android developer
- Platform engineer
- User experience designer
Your employability
In addition to knowledge and skills directly related to your program of study, you will also develop a range of other skills such as teamwork, analytical, communication through academic study, employment, voluntary work, sporting and recreational activities and life experience.
Recognising the value employers place on these skills is an important factor in your graduate job search. You can further develop your employability with these resources:
Vacancies
Information on relevant vacancies can be found in a wide range of sources:
- Careerboard
- Seek
- Graduate Connection
- Prosple (formerly Graduate Australia)
- SEEK
- Queensland Government Graduate Portal
- Atlassian
- Afterpay
- NEXTDC
- SAS
- Microsoft
- Xero
- IBM
- Indeed: AI jobs and career outlook
- Careers with STEM
Job application resources
Craft a stand-out resume and cover letter, and learn how to prepare for job interviews.
Approach potential employers
Many work opportunities are not advertised, so we recommend approaching potential employers with the aim of researching their needs and how your skills, experience, interests and qualifications could match theirs.
This is called informational interviewing and will benefit you by:
- clarifying your specific career direction
- enhancing your professional network
- increasing your chances of being offered a job.
Industry outlook
The Your Career website includes helpful information such as job descriptions, employment prospects, average weekly earnings and skills requirements. Every job title in the database has a skills section to help you identify and describe essential skills for your future career.
The My Future website also has job descriptions and a useful career insight section.
The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching website has up-to-date information on graduate salaries, especially the Graduate Outlook Survey (GOS) National Report, which contains undergraduate salary figures.
More detailed information is available at the Labour Market Insights portal.
Professional associations
Joining a professional association is a great way to interact with people in your field who can assist you to explore your career options and potentially find employment opportunities. These associations hold regular professional development and networking events:
- Institute of Analytics Professionals Australia
- Australian Data and Insights Association
- Australian Computer Society
Students are welcome to join and often receive a discount on their membership.
Mentoring
The award-winning Industry Mentoring Program provides an excellent opportunity to further develop your employability and build professional networks.
The Program is available to students with more than 80CP as well as recent graduates.
Further careers information
Careers counselling
Individual career counselling sessions are available to all current students and recent graduates.
You can book an initial appointment via CareerHub.
Career planning
Our website has an array of career planning resources you can explore at any stage of your student journey.
Career Readiness
Check out our Career Readiness site in Learning@Griffith for additional information and resources for your career development learning:
Similar career outcomes
Please note: The content on this webpage is a guide only. Please refer to degree-specific information and accreditation requirements of your profession on the Degree and Course Finder website and with the relevant professional accreditation body for your degree.