Software Engineer - Python/Java Full Stack

Build the Technology Behind the Next Generation of AI-Powered GovTech! Be part of shaping how AI is integrated across Objective's products. As a Software Engineer - Python/Java Full Stack in the OI team, you'll work on our Corporate AI Services Platform, developing scalable, intelligent solutions that enable AI-powered capabilities across our product suites. This is an opportunity to combine your full-stack engineering expertise with emerging AI technologies, working across Python, modern JavaScript frameworks and cloud platforms to build solutions that make a real difference.Whether you're already building AI-powered applications or looking to take your engineering career further into AI, this role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful technical challenges and influence the future of our technology. About Objective?

At Objective, we create software that makes a difference.

With over 400 people across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, we're an established Australian technology company delivering innovative SaaS solutions that help governments and regulated organisations work smarter, make better decisions and deliver stronger outcomes for their communities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build AI-powered solutions: Design, develop and deliver full-stack applications and services that support AI capabilities across Objective's product suites.
• Develop across the stack: Build robust backend services using Python and intuitive frontend experiences using Svelte and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Work with emerging AI technologies: Contribute to the integration of AI frameworks, large language models (LLMs) and intelligent features into production applications.
• Engineer for scale: Design and develop secure, reliable and scalable solutions using cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Own technical challenges: Take ownership of complex engineering problems, from solution design and development through to testing, deployment and ongoing improvement.
• Champion engineering excellence: Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code, contribute to code reviews and promote modern software engineering practices.
• Collaborate and innovate: Work alongside engineers, product teams and technical leaders to explore new technologies, solve complex challenges and deliver high-impact solutions.
• Share your expertise: Contribute to technical discussions, influence engineering decisions and support the development of other engineers.

What We're Looking For

Your technical experience will include:

• Strong commercial software development experience, with a focus on Python or Java fullstack development.
• Experience with JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks such as Svelte, React or similar.
• Solid understanding of database design, development and programming.
• Experience developing, deploying and maintaining applications in AWS and/or Azure.
• Strong understanding of API development, microservices and modern software architecture.
• Experience with unit testing, automated testing and writing clean, maintainable code.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerisation and modern development practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills, technical curiosity and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Experience integrating LLMs into applications, including tools such as LiteLLM.
• Exposure to AI infrastructure, model integration and the development of reusable AI services.
• An interest in applying emerging AI technologies to solve real-world business challenges.

Why Join This Team?

Work at the intersection of software engineering and AI.

This is an opportunity to contribute to technology that extends beyond a single product or development team.

• Broader impact: Build capabilities that can be leveraged across Objective's product suites.
• Emerging technology: Gain hands-on exposure to AI frameworks, LLM integration and modern AI infrastructure.
• Technical ownership: Influence solution design, engineering practices and technical decisions.
• Career development: Expand your expertise in Python, cloud engineering and AI-powered software development.
• Meaningful outcomes: Help develop technology that supports governments and regulated organisations in delivering better outcomes for their communities.

If you do not tick every box, do not let that stop you. We value potential, learning agility, coachability and diverse perspectives just as much as experience, and we encourage you to apply. At Objective, we recognise and celebrate our diverse team as pivotal to our strong employee engagement and our high-performing culture, underpinned by Our Values . We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristics or on any other basis prohibited by applicable laws in the regions where we operate. To ensure a positive experience, please inform our Talent Team of any adjustments or accommodations you may require during the recruitment process, so we can support you effectively. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.