Jobs → Engineering → Python AI Developer

About the Role Our client, a Federal Government department based in Civic, ACT, requires the services of a Python AI Developer for a 12 + 12 + 12 month contract. Key Responsibilities • Design, code, and unit-test new AI-enabled systems or new features to existing systems • Develop scalable, production-ready API endpoints that expose AI models for external integration and inference • Perform maintenance and refactoring of existing systems • Create comprehensive documentation • Implement version control and CI/CD processes • Conduct code reviews and provide mentoring • Ensure security and compliance standards are met Requirements • Minimum 5 years of full-stack development experience in a government environment • Experience deploying to high security networks • Experience developing solutions that leverage artificial intelligence • Familiarity with the OpenAI Specification (tool calling, reasoning, structured output) • Knowledge of AI integration protocols (MCP, AGUI) and the ML lifecycle • Cloud-native / Containerisation experience: building Docker-based or Kubernetes-orchestrated services • Experience with software observability tooling (Elastic stack, Prometheus+Grafana) • Coding skills and experience in Python, FastAPI, React • Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) • Proficiency in version control and collaboration tools • Testing practices knowledge • Security fundamentals understanding