Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer

Halcyon Knights ·www.halcyonknights.com.au

Location Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Type Full time
Level Senior
Source Shazamme
IT & Telecomms
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Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer Shape How Startups Build with AI 

AI is changing how software gets built and we're partnering with a fast-growing Australian technology business that's helping startups and product teams adopt AI-native development practices, empowering founders and small teams to move faster, ship better products, and scale with confidence.

They're looking for a Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer to become the technical face of their AI capability, working directly with founders, developers, and product teams to implement modern AI-powered engineering workflows.

This is a rare opportunity for a senior engineer who still enjoys getting hands-on but is equally passionate about mentoring others, shaping best practice, and helping teams unlock the full potential of AI-assisted development.

What You'll Be Doing:

You'll operate across a mix of technical leadership, AI systems implementation, coaching, and consulting.

Responsibilities will include:
  • Designing and implementing AI-powered development workflows for startup and product teams
  • Introducing and optimising tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and emerging AI engineering platforms
  • Building repeatable frameworks, playbooks and best practices around AI-assisted software development
  • Running workshops and training sessions for founders, developers and product teams
  • Providing mentorship, code reviews and technical guidance to engineers of varying experience levels
  • Helping teams overcome challenges with AI-generated code, architecture decisions and deployment processes
  • Staying at the forefront of AI development trends and helping shape future offerings and services within the business.
What we are looking for you to bring:
  • 5+ years' experience as a Full-Stack Software Engineer
  • Strong experience building modern web applications across frontend and backend technologies
  • Hands-on experience building AI-enabled products or features using LLMs, AI APIs, agents, workflows or automation
  • Daily use of AI engineering tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot or similar
  • Experience with technologies such as React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, APIs, cloud platforms and modern databases
  • Exposure to React Native or Flutter
  • A track record of mentoring developers, reviewing code and helping teams improve their engineering practices
  • Experience working within startup, scale-up or high-growth product environments.
Bonus points for:
  • Experience delivering technical training, workshops or coaching programs
  • Developer advocacy, developer relations or community involvement
  • Exposure to MCP, Anthropic tooling or agentic development systems
  • Experience building SaaS products from the ground up
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to simplify technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
Why this role?
  • Fully remote-first working environment
  • Opportunity to help define how AI development is adopted across multiple businesses
  • Work directly with founders, entrepreneurs and product teams
  • Significant variety across consulting, leadership, mentoring and technical problem solving
  • Regular interstate travel opportunities
  • Performance bonus on top of base salary
  • Join a business operating at the intersection of AI, product development and startup growth.
If you're excited by the future of AI-assisted software development and enjoy helping others build great products, we'd love to hear from you.

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Who is hiring for the Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer role?
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Where is the Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer job located?
The Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer role with Halcyon Knights is based in Melbourne, VIC, AU.
Is the Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer role full-time or contract?
This is a full time position at Halcyon Knights.
What experience level is the Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer role?
The Senior AI Full-Stack Engineer position is aimed at senior-level candidates.
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