AI Software Engineer (Contract)

About the role

A contract AI Software Engineer position in Brisbane, Queensland, focused on designing, developing and deploying enterprise-grade Agentic AI applications. The role covers the full lifecycle, from rapid prototyping to production deployment and optimisation, using modern Agentic AI frameworks, large language models, cloud-native technologies and enterprise integrations. Flexible working arrangements are offered.

Key responsibilities

• Build AI agents with frameworks such as LangGraph, Microsoft Agent Framework, Google ADK, Anthropic Agents SDK or similar, and develop RAG solutions and multi-agent workflows.
• Integrate MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and clients, and implement agent interoperability patterns including Agent2Agent (A2A).
• Implement tool usage, workflow orchestration, memory management, structured outputs, security controls, guardrails, auditing, observability and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Develop production applications mainly in Python, design APIs and backend services, and build web apps with React, Next.js, Angular or similar.
• Deploy and monitor solutions on Azure and/or Google Cloud, use Infrastructure as Code (preferably Terraform), and set up automated deployment pipelines and DevSecOps.

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering or application development.
• Experience building applications that leverage large language models (LLMs).
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, and cloud deployment in Azure and/or GCP.
• Front-end experience with React, Next.js, Angular or equivalent.

Required skills

• Python, including APIs, testing, OOP, asynchronous programming and exception handling.
• Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, Microsoft Agent Framework, Google ADK, Anthropic Agents SDK, AutoGen, CrewAI or similar.
• MCP and AI tool integrations.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or similar.
• Software architecture, automated testing, CI/CD and Git workflows.

Applicants are invited to apply directly through the recruiter, Peoplebank, or contact them by email or phone for a confidential discussion.