AI Technical Lead

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced AI Tech Lead to drive complex backend and frontend development for cloud-native AI platforms. The role involves collaborating with a Perth-based Engagement Lead, coordinating a remote POD, and delivering robust solutions across Python, Node.js, React.js, and AWS services.

The candidate will lead day-to-day development, set sprint goals, and ensure alignment with architecture and delivery objectives while mentoring engineers and maintaining

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development and technical leadership experience.
• Ability to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Experience leading remote pods and coordinating agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Business Engagement Lead to understand business use cases and translate requirements into a robust technical solution.
• Coordinate with the remote POD team to drive successful implementation of the solution.
• Lead the pod’s day-to-day development and technical decisions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the POD team, ensuring alignment with solution architecture and delivery goals.

Skills

Python

Node.js

React.js

AWS (Serverless)

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

AWS CDK/CloudFormation

Technical Leadership

Agentic AI

Tools

PostgreSQL/SQL

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.

Job Description

Position: AI Tech Lead

Job Description:

10+ years of overall experience.

• Collaborate with the Business Engagement Lead to understand the business use case and translate requirements into a robust technical solution.
• Coordinate with the remote POD team (a dedicated group of engineers) to drive successful implementation of the solution.
• Lead the pod’s day-to-day development and technical decisions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the POD team, ensuring alignment with solution architecture and delivery goals.
• Translate product objectives into implementation plans and sprint goals.

Key Skills Required (Must Have)

• a. Python coding for backend APIs, optionally Nodejs, Typescript
• b. React.js – for front end
• c. AWS services – Server less with Lambda, API Gateway, Step functions, SQS, S3, DB (Postgre, SQL)
• d. CI/CD – Github actions, AWS CDK/Cloud Formation
• e. Understanding of various AWS services
• f. Provide technical leadership

Additional skills:

• • Proficient in Node.js and Python (or Type script)
• • Strong experience with AWS services for building and deploying applications
• • Database design expertise and hands-on experience working with various databases
• • Experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines
• • Familiarity with unit testing frameworks and best practices
• • Solid understanding of AWS cloud architecture
• • Practical knowledge of implementing agentic AI for business use cases

Engineering & Architecture

• • Strong experience with cloud-native development, including secure handling of secrets, environment variables, and service configurations.
• • Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines for AI systems and microservices.
• • Familiarity with team-based access control, code ownership, and repository governance.
• • Skilled in modern programming languages and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• • Ability to manage API specifications and service integrations across platforms.

Leadership & Collaboration Expectations

• • Ability and willingness to collaborate with Perth based Engagement Lead daily supporting the discovery phase of initiatives
• • Lead technical design decisions and resolve blockers across pods.
• • Manage code reviews, shared modules, and ensure engineering consistency.
• • Drive agile development practices including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and velocity tracking.
• • Foster a culture of growth mindset, technical excellence, encouraging experimentation, learning from failure, and continuous improvement.
• • Support onboarding and mentoring of developers and AI engineers.
• • Engage with business stakeholders when needed (Inform Engagement Lead).

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement Expectations

• • Work closely with the Tech Chapter Lead and Engagement Lead to align technical decisions with the AI platform strategy, business goals, and cross-team dependencies.
• • Represent the pod in technical forums, showcases, and architecture reviews.
• • Communicate risks, trade-offs, and technical constraints clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• • Ensure timely updates to the Engagement Lead on technical decisions and stakeholder conversations.

Security & Compliance

• • Awareness of enterprise data privacy and cybersecurity standards.
• • Responsible handling of user interactions and logs, with clear boundaries for data retention and observability.

Tooling & Observability

• • Use of observability tools for tracing, logging, and performance monitoring.
• • Familiarity with API testing and authentication flows across service layers