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Staff Software Engineer, AI, Python, AWS

JobtailorMelbourne, Victoria🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 9 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Node.jsAWSPythonReact

Job Description

Design, build, deploy and operate cloud-native services and AI-enabled experiences using AWS and modern engineering patterns
Develop production-ready software across Python back-end services, Node.js layers and React-based user interfaces
Contribute to architecture and design decisions, reusable platform components, integration patterns and API-led services across the HR Technology ecosystem
Apply DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability and automation practices to improve security, operability and delivery quality
Build or collaborate on AI agents and AI-powered features within the first three to six months
Improve robustness, scalability and governance in the existing codebase
Partner with Product Owners, Data Scientists, Principal Engineers and adjacent crews to deliver measurable outcomes for employee experiences
Strengthen engineering foundations to improve scalability, resilience, security and engineering excellence

Requirements
  • Strong software engineering capability and experience designing, building, testing and maintaining software solutions in collaborative delivery teams
  • Hands-on capability in Python and AWS
  • Experience in or exposure to Node.js and React
  • Practical exposure to AI engineering, including prompts, guardrails, evaluation, grounding, and building reliable AI solutions that minimise hallucinations and bias
  • Strong capability in DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation and engineering quality
  • Mindset focused on security, resilience and operational excellence
  • Nice to have: mobile engineering experience
  • Nice to have: exposure to HR technology or regulated enterprise environments
  • Nice to have: evidence of AI experimentation through side projects, labs or recent hands-on initiatives
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and deploying cloud-native services using AWS, with strong capabilities in Python, Node.js, and React. Focuses on improving software quality through DevSecOps practices and AI engineering to enhance employee experiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • AWS
  • Python
  • DevSecOps
  • AI Engineering
  • CI/CD
ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills
  • Software Engineering
  • Cloud-Native Services
  • AI Solutions
  • Automation Practices
  • Integration Patterns
  • API-Led Services
  • Node.js
  • React
  • Observability
  • Scalability
Soft Skills
  • Collaborative Delivery
  • Problem-Solving
  • Mindset Focused on Security
Industry Keywords
  • HR Technology
  • Regulated Enterprise Environments

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