🚀 Staff Engineer – Python / GenAI | Greenfield AI Build | Enterprise Innovation
We're hiring a Staff Software Engineer
to help drive one of the most exciting AI transformations in a leading Australian Financial Institution.
In this role, you’ll play a hands-on technical leadership
role in building the application layer that ingests, transcribes, analyses, and summarises customer calls using GenAI frameworks, LLMs, and cloud-native tools. You’ll join a newly-formed, high-performing squad within a major financial institution, working on a greenfield platform built for long-term impact.
🔧 What You’ll Be Doing
- Building scalable applications in Python
to integrate AI models with real-world data and CRM workflows
- Working with frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex, Whisper, Bedrock, and OpenAI
- Deploying and optimising GenAI systems on AWS, integrating with APIs, microservices, and data platforms
- Collaborating with product owners, platform teams, and other engineers to deliver elegant, reliable solutions
- Helping shape best practices for GenAI delivery, engineering culture, and solution architecture
✅ What We’re Looking For
- Deep hands-on experience with Python engineering(ideally beyond scripting — building production apps or services)
- Strong understanding of GenAI concepts, including RAG pipelines, LLM orchestration, and model integration
- Experience deploying applications in AWS environments(e.g., Lambda, Bedrock, SageMaker, ECS/EKS)
- Proficiency with microservices, REST APIs, and backend application architecture
- Excellent communication and stakeholder skills — we want someone who can thrive in a high-trust, cross-functional team
🌱 Nice to Have
- Experience with agentic frameworks(e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel)
- Familiarity with speech-to-text models(e.g., Whisper, Azure OpenAI) or summarisation systems
- Previous experience in banking, fintech, or large enterprise
environments
📍 The Details
- Hybrid model
– 2–3 days onsite in Sydney CBD
- Greenfield project
with significant runway (multi-year roadmap)
- Competitive day rate
for top-tier engineers
- Initial 6–12 month engagement, with long-term extension potential
This is a rare opportunity to work at the frontier of GenAI within a large-scale, real-world environment.
If you're passionate about building intelligent systems that deliver meaningful impact — we want to hear from you.
To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Dean Khan on + 612 9464 5515 or email dkhan@paxus.com.au and quote the above job reference number.
Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.
