Contract AI Software Engineer – GenAI & Agents

Peoplebank; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Peoplebank in Brisbane is seeking an AI Software Engineer (Contract) to lead the full lifecycle of AI-driven solutions. You will design, prototype, and deploy agentic AI systems, integrating them with enterprise platforms and cloud-native services.

You will work with LangGraph, LLMs, and modern AI frameworks to build scalable, secure workflows, APIs, and web interfaces, ensuring production-grade quality and measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Python development skills including APIs, testing, OOP, asynchronous programming, and exception handling.
• Experience building applications leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Hands-on experience with Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, Microsoft Agent Framework, Google ADK, Anthropic Agents SDK, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar.
• Understanding of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and AI tool integrations.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Cloud deployment experience within Azure and/or GCP environments.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
• Front-end experience with React, Next.js, Angular, or equivalent frameworks.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, automated testing, and Git-based development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Agentic AI Development: design and build AI agents using modern frameworks.
• Develop Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions and multi-agent workflows.
• Build and integrate MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and clients.
• Implement Agent2Agent (A2A) interoperability patterns.
• Develop agent capabilities including tool usage, orchestration, memory management, and structured outputs.
• Implement security controls, guardrails, auditing, observability, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Evaluate and improve agent performance through testing, monitoring and optimisation.
• Software Engineering: develop production-quality applications primarily using Python.
• Design and build APIs and backend services supporting AI solutions.
• Develop modern web applications using React, Next.js, Angular, or similar technologies.
• Apply software engineering best practices including testing, CI/CD, and design patterns.
• Cloud & DevOps: deploy, monitor, and support solutions across Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Build infrastructure using Terraform, implement automated deployment pipelines and DevSecOps.

Skills

Python development

APIs

LLMs

Agentic AI frameworks

Tools

LangGraph

Microsoft Agent Framework

Google ADK

Anthropic Agents SDK

AutoGen

CrewAI

Job description

Peoplebank in Brisbane is seeking an AI Software Engineer (Contract) to lead the full lifecycle of AI-driven solutions. You will design, prototype, and deploy agentic AI systems, integrating them with enterprise platforms and cloud-native services.

You will work with LangGraph, LLMs, and modern AI frameworks to build scalable, secure workflows, APIs, and web interfaces, ensuring production-grade quality and measurable business outcomes.