Software Engineer

From a recruiter's chair, this Melbourne Software Engineer vacancy is looking for breadth. The hiring business wants one person who is comfortable analysing user requirements, writing application code, plugging in AI and machine learning, testing, documenting and then maintaining what was built.

To stand out, match your application to the listed duties line by line. Show a project where you trained and tuned a model, another where you wrote an API, and say which languages you used. Have your degree certificate on hand. The business notes that it may be able to sponsor a visa for a suitably qualified and experienced applicant, and it will accept applications until 12 November 2026.

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• Translate business requirements into software designs and technical specifications once you have analysed them
• Design software applications in Python, Node.js, C++ and C#/.NET
• Develop those applications and maintain them over time
• Integrate AI functionality built on large language models, with LangChain, Flowise and LangGraph among the frameworks
• Build machine learning models that handle predictive analysis, anomaly detection, classification and regression, and evaluate the results
• Apply techniques from natural language processing, image processing and sentiment analysis to the relevant applications
• Take models through data preprocessing, feature selection, training and performance optimisation
• Get software systems communicating by developing database integrations and APIs
• Run integration and unit testing, pick up defects and make corrective changes
• Review colleagues' code and look after the security, performance, quality and reliability of the software
• Maintain testing records
• Prepare and update system documentation and technical specifications

• Either a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field, or relevant experience that is equivalent
• 3+ years' experience of software design, development, testing and maintenance work
• Strong programming skills in Python, and experience with Node.js or with C#/.NET
• Practical experience with scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Keras or similar AI or machine learning frameworks, and experience developing APIs and working with SQL databases
• Understanding of how software architecture, debugging, version control and testing practices work, and familiarity with Agile or Scrum development methodologies
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, alongside an ability to contribute effectively within a team and to work independently
• Desirable: experience with LLM integration tools, whether LangChain, LangGraph, Flowise or others