Role Description The Software Developer will be a key member of the AI Capabilities (AIC) team delivering high-quality Al based applications and services across the organisation. The role requires a blend of technical expertise, disciplined engineering practice, and the ability to collaborate across a diverse, multidisciplinary group. All work must adhere to the organisation’s coding standards, security policies, and industry best- practice guidelines.
Key Responsibilities
- Design & Development: Design, code, and unit-test new Al-enabled systems or new features to existing systems, including scalable, production-ready API endpoints that expose our A! models for external integration and inference, using one or more of the supported languages/frameworks (Python, FastAPI, React).
- Maintenance & Refactoring: Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve defects in existing applications; refactor legacy code to improve readability, performance, and security.
- Documentation: Produce clear technical documentation, API specifications, and user guides that enable knowledge transfer and future maintenance.
- Version Control & Cl/CD: Manage source-code repositories (GitLab, BitBucket), create and maintain branching strategies, and contribute to automated build, test, and deployment pipelines.Code Review & Mentoring: Participate in peer reviews, provide constructive feedback, and support junior team members in adopting best practices.
- Security & Compliance: Apply secure-coding principles, perform threat analyses, and ensure all deliverables meet organisational security standards.
- Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, data analysts, data engineers and project stakeholders to deliver robust, production-grade AI solutions and mentor junior developers when required.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process optimisation, tooling upgrades, and adoption of emerging technologies
- Professional Experience: Minimum 5 years of full-stack development experience in a government environment and deploying to high security networks.
- Experience developing solutions that leverage artificial intelligence, including experience with the OpenAI Specification (tool calling, reasoning, structured output), Al integration protocols (MCP, AGUI) and the ML lifecycle (e.g. model evaluations, deployment)
- SFIA Responsibility Level: Proven capability at SFIA Level4-5 (Programming - PROG) with demonstrable outcomes at the appropriate level.
- Cloud-native / Containerisation: Experience building Docker-based or Kubernetes-orchestrated services.
- Software observability tooling (Elastic stack, Prometheus+Grafana), their integration into software applications, and the ability to use these tools to effectively debug issues in production systems.
- Additional Certifications: Relevant industry certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Developer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, etc.).
Required Knowledge/Experience and tools
- Coding skills and experience in one or more languages/frameworks, e.g. Python, FastAPI, React
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): Requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Version Control & Collaboration: Branching strategies, pull-request workflows, and code-review etiquette.
- Testing Practices: Unit, integration, and automated testing frameworks appropriate to the stack.
- Security Fundamentals: Secure coding guidelines, threat modelling, and vulnerability mitigation.
Contract: 12 Months Contract with 2 x 12 months extension option
Security Required: TSPV Security clearance required
Location - Canberra
How to Apply - Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Closing date: Friday 20 November 2026
Call Joanne Finchett on 0480 002454 or email Joanne@whizdom.com.au for any further information
