Senior Developer

Curtin University; Canning; On-site; AUD 123,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

17% superannuation

Campus facilities

Job summary

Curtin University is seeking a Senior Developer to lead the Digital Experience Platform team, shaping AI-enabled services for staff and students. The role focuses on reusable components, long-term architecture and applied GenAI within Curtin's AWS Bedrock ecosystem.

You will guide development and support for university applications, mentor developers, and collaborate with stakeholders to align delivery and outcomes in a fast-evolving tech landscape.

Qualifications

• A relevant degree with extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and education/training.
• Extensive experience in relevant programming languages, enterprise platforms, tools and technologies, with the ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Knowledge of current and emerging agentic frameworks, IaC methodologies and cloud-native development practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across design, development, testing, implementation and support of AI, enterprise search and digital platform solutions.
• Build scalable multi-agent workflows and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using AWS Bedrock and related cloud-native services.
• Evaluate foundation models, optimise prompts and apply model selection techniques to balance performance, quality and cost.
• Embed AI governance, security and responsible use practices through content filtering, PII masking and anti-injection safeguards.
• Drive DevOps and MLOps practices, including infrastructure provisioning, monitoring system health, model latency and token spend.
• Translate business requirements into practical solution designs, testing approaches and technical documentation.
• Mentor team members and communicate effectively with stakeholders to align expectations, timeframes and delivery outcomes.

Skills

Programming languages

Enterprise platforms

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS Bedrock

LLM Operations

MLOps

Job description

$122,699 - $130,758 + 17% superannuation

Reference:1696080

About the Role:

Join us in building the Digital Platform shaping how staff and students experience Curtin. Our Digital Experience Platform team is behind AIDA; Curtin's growing ecosystem of AI assistants built on AWS Bedrock. We're looking for a Senior Developer with a platform mindset — someone who thinks in reusable components and long-term architecture rather than one-off fixes, who's genuinely curious about applied GenAI, and who's comfortable experimenting, iterating and adapting as the technology and the University's needs evolve.

As Senior Developer, you'll take a technical lead role across development and support of University applications and interfaces, utilising the latest technologies and cloud native services to drive innovative use cases forward. You will also mentor the wider development team and act as a trusted technical voice for stakeholders across the University.

• Provide technical leadership across the design, development, testing, implementation and support of AI, enterprise search and digital platform solutions.
• Build scalable multi-agent workflows and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using AWS Bedrock and related cloud-native services.
• Evaluate foundation models, optimise prompts and apply model selection techniques to balance performance, quality and cost.
• Embed AI governance, security and responsible use practices through content filtering, PII masking and anti-injection safeguards.
• Drive DevOps and MLOps practices, including infrastructure provisioning, monitoring system health, model latency and token spend.
• Translate business requirements into practical solution designs, testing approaches and technical documentation.
• Mentor team members and communicate effectively with stakeholders to align expectations, timeframes and delivery outcomes.

Selection Criteria:

• A relevant degree with extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and education/training.
• Extensive experience in relevant programming languages, enterprise platforms, tools and technologies, with the ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Knowledge of current and emerging agentic frameworks, Infrastructure as Code methodologies and cloud-native development practices.
• Strong organisational skills and understanding of project management methodologies, Agile delivery, tools and techniques.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of client focus and professional stakeholder engagement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to contribute to practical business outcomes.
• A platform mindset, with the ability to design reusable components, scalable architecture and maintainable long-term solutions.
• Comfortable working across ambiguity, experimentation and shifting priorities in a fast-evolving technology landscape.

Given the platforms you'll be working on, we'd love to see:

• Hands-on experience with Amazon Bedrock and LLM operations — working independently across areas such as RAG pipeline design, vector stores/knowledge bases, Bedrock Agents, and monitoring or optimising model performance and cost.
• Proven experience building autonomous agents
• Track record of optimising cost and building observability tools to manage enterprise costs

Role Requirements:

• As this is a continuing (permanent) role, you will require permanent work rights in Australia to be considered.
• Successful applicants are subject to a National Police Clearance, and background, integrity, and reference checks to Curtin’s satisfaction.

About Curtin University:

Curtin University proudly stands among the top one percent of global universities according to the ARWU 2025 rankings. We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page - https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-curtin/

What We Offer You:

This Continuous G08 level role attracts a remuneration of $122,699 - $130,758 + 17% superannuation.

Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more.

For more reasons to work at Curtin, please visit https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/

Applications close: 8pm (AWST), Sunday, 1st November 2026

Please note we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies at this time.

Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, remove the advert, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time.