Lead Agentic AI Developer
Hybrid · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia or Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Job Summary
Lead the design, development, and delivery of agentic AI solutions and backend services. Architect AI agents, tool integrations, workflows, and conversational experiences. Champion an AI-coding-assistant-first approach to development, leveraging AI tools to accelerate and enhance delivery. Build and maintain scalable Python services, APIs, and MCP integrations. Own feature delivery from requirements through to production deployment. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions. Drive quality, reliability, performance, security, and observability across the platform. Integrate AI capabilities with enterprise systems, data platforms, and user applications. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams. Contribute to platform architecture, technical strategy, and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of production software development using Python and/or Typescript
- Experience with Google ADK, Vertex AI, MCP
- Experience building and deploying AI agents and LLM-powered applications
- Experience designing and implementing MCP servers, tools, and agent integrations
- Strong experience with FastAPI (or similar Python frameworks), REST APIs, and modern backend architectures
- Experience with PostgreSQL and cloud-native development on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Understanding of software engineering best practices, testing, Git workflows, and CI/CD
- Degree qualification in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
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