How to get a job in AI: your path into the industry
Join us for an insightful event exploring the diverse range of careers in AI across the technology industry, and hear firsthand accounts of different career pathways into this rapidly evolving field.
Non-Member $20.00
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About this event
Breaking into tech can feel overwhelming, particularly when you’re trying to understand what employers are looking for, which skills you need and how to turn your interests into a career.
How to Get a Job in AI is a practical webinar designed to help you understand what it takes to build a career in this in-demand area of technology.
Hear directly from experienced professionals about their career journeys, the roles and opportunities available, the skills and qualifications employers value, and the steps you can take to get your foot in the door.
Whether you’re a student, recent graduate, career changer or emerging technology professional, you’ll gain practical insights to help you navigate your next career move.
What you’ll learn:
- What a career in AI field looks like and the types of roles available.
- What skills, qualifications and experience employers are looking for.
- How our speakers started their careers and progressed into their current roles.
- Practical tips for getting your first opportunity and standing out to employers.
- Where the industry is heading and what future opportunities may look like.
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Mehar Sharma, Events Lead, ACS SA Emerging Professionals Committee
Speakers
- Darshana Shah, AI Engineer at Adobe, Educator at TAFE NSW
- Ashvin Parameswaran, Head of Emerging Tech, ReadyTech
- Maggie Shi, Former Head of ANZ, Japan and Korea Business Engineering at Meta (formerly Facebook); Distinguished Engineer at CBA; and Chief AI Innovation Officer at Westpac
Recording
A recording of the webinar will be available exclusively to current ACS members. For more information about ACS membership, please visit our website or contact events@acs.org.au.
Upcoming Events
This webinar is part of a four-part How to Get a Job as... career webinar series, exploring different career pathways across the technology sector.
| Tue 1 Dec 2026 | How to…IT Support/Service Desk |
| Tue 23 Feb 2027 | How to…Data |
| Tue 4 May 2027 | How to…Gaming/UX |
Speakers
Mehar Sharma is an IT graduate from Kaplan Business School, Adelaide, with a background in information technology, technical support, and digital transformation. She has experience supporting business technology operations, working with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, and improving internal processes through digital solutions.
As Events Lead for the ACS South Australia Emerging Professionals Committee, Mehar is actively involved in connecting students, graduates, and industry professionals through networking events, career development initiatives, and industry engagement. She is passionate about emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, digital innovation and building meaningful connections within the Australian technology industry.
He builds for B2B vertical industries and institutions where failure isn’t an option — education, workforce, work pathways, government, and justice. These are the systems communities rely on every day, and AI here has to be both powerful and responsible.
Earlier, he co-founded a startup and led teams in universities and industry. Each role taught him the same lesson: spend time with users, cut through complexity, and scale what works.
He thinks of AI less as a product wave and more as a new layer of civic infrastructure. It should be as reliable, invisible, and trusted as water or power. That’s the work he’s doing now.
He writes his thoughts down occasionally at https://ashvin.au/.
Maggie is a Chief AI Innovation Officer, former Facebook engineer, Distinguished Engineer, Technical Director and engineering leader with over 25 years of experience across industries, including Generative AI, Agentic AI platforms, data and analytics, social media, digital marketing, mobile applications, telecommunications, supply chain, e-government and search technologies.
A pioneer in deploying Generative AI and agentic AI capabilities at scale within large enterprises, she has led transformative initiatives focused on AI-assisted operations and engineering, enabling automation, continuous learning and intelligent workflows in highly regulated environments. Her work includes building secure, reusable frameworks for agent development and refinement, as well as delivering operational efficiencies through scalable AI systems.
With a strong foundation in software development and cross-regional team leadership, Maggie specialises in program delivery, multi-stream project management and strategic coordination across clients, partners and global teams.
She holds a Bachelor of Mathematics in Application Software Development and an MBA, both from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
With a background in engineering, AI and data science, Darshana has worked across both technical and people-focused challenges, from building AI solutions to exploring how individuals can better understand their strengths and navigate changing career opportunities. She is particularly passionate about helping the next generation build meaningful careers in a world where traditional pathways are rapidly evolving.
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