AI-First Software Engineer (Junior/Graduate)

2Gen; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

2Gen is seeking a graduate or early‑career developer on the Gold Coast to join a small, AI‑driven team building software for SMEs. You will work on real customer projects using Python/Django, JavaScript/TypeScript with React and Node, and APIs for integrations.

The role blends traditional software engineering with growing AI engineering, including agents and local models. You will learn from senior developers, contribute code that clients rely on, and help ship features while expanding your

Qualifications

• At least one language you can build something real in. Python, JavaScript or TypeScript are the most useful to us.
• Working knowledge of Git, SQL and the command line.
• Evidence that you finish things: projects, labs, or repositories.
• Australian working rights.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features in Python and Django, and in JavaScript/TypeScript with React and Node, on real customer projects.
• Build integrations against APIs such as Microsoft Graph and Microsoft 365, Xero, ERP platforms and client line-of-business systems.
• Build practical AI systems: agents, tool integrations, retrieval and vector search, prompt and context design.
• Help develop, test and deploy local LLMs and AI-assisted workflows, both internally and for clients.
• Use Claude, Claude Code, Codex and similar tools as your day-to-day development environment, and review what they produce properly before it ships.
• Write tests, read other people's code, and debug down to the actual cause rather than the first plausible one.
• Deploy and support what you build on Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Linux, with senior support behind you.
• Document what you build so the next person, human or agent, can pick it up.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Git

SQL

Command line

Education

CS/SE/IT degree

Tools

React

Django

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

2Gen is seeking a graduate or early‑career developer on the Gold Coast to join a small, AI‑driven team building software for SMEs. You will work on real customer projects using Python/Django, JavaScript/TypeScript with React and Node, and APIs for integrations.

The role blends traditional software engineering with growing AI engineering, including agents and local models. You will learn from senior developers, contribute code that clients rely on, and help ship features while expanding your