Lead Developer - AI Solutions | Engineering Customer-Focused AI Solutions
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Full Time
Engineering
Experienced
Lead Developer – AI Solutions | Engineering Customer-Focused AI, Built for the Real World
Ideally in Melbourne, AU (Hybrid) | Engineering Team | Greenfield Projects + Real Impact | Fulltime/Permanent
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About Buildxact
Buildxact is a leader in the construction technology industry and is at the forefront of delivering impactful construction management software used by builders worldwide. We help small to medium builders run better businesses through smarter estimating, job management, and connected workflows.
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The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Lead Developer – AI Solutions to play a key role in leading the design and delivery of customer-facing AI solutions, from early concept through to product deployment.
It is a true hands-on senior engineering role you’ll be expected to apply existing AI technologies—including LLMs, machine learning models, and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) to these new AI features.
While this role does not have direct reports, it carries strong leadership expectations. You’ll act as a technical leader: mentoring others, uplifting team capability, and helping define best practices for AI within Buildxact.
The role is ideally located in Melbourne, but is open to interstate applications if the skill set strongly aligns with the role requirements.
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Why you’ll love it here
What you’ll be doing
You’ll thrive if you have:
The Buildxact Way:
We build like the people we serve: with simplicity, grit, and purpose.
Our values are:
It’s yours to nail
Customer success is our success
Do what’s right
Keep it simple
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Ready to help shape the future of AI at Buildxact?
Apply now with your CV and a short cover letter on what excites you about building AI‑powered products.
Ideally in Melbourne, AU (Hybrid) | Engineering Team | Greenfield Projects + Real Impact | Fulltime/Permanent
_______________________________________________________________________
About Buildxact
Buildxact is a leader in the construction technology industry and is at the forefront of delivering impactful construction management software used by builders worldwide. We help small to medium builders run better businesses through smarter estimating, job management, and connected workflows.
_______________________________________________________________________
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Lead Developer – AI Solutions to play a key role in leading the design and delivery of customer-facing AI solutions, from early concept through to product deployment.
It is a true hands-on senior engineering role you’ll be expected to apply existing AI technologies—including LLMs, machine learning models, and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) to these new AI features.
While this role does not have direct reports, it carries strong leadership expectations. You’ll act as a technical leader: mentoring others, uplifting team capability, and helping define best practices for AI within Buildxact.
The role is ideally located in Melbourne, but is open to interstate applications if the skill set strongly aligns with the role requirements.
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Why you’ll love it here
- Production AI, Not Experiments – Build, deploy, and evolve customer-facing AI features used daily in the industry
- Greenfield ownership – Help shape new AI capabilities and product lines end-to-end
- Real Impact – Everything you ship is used by builders in the real world
- Tech Stack – Flexible modern stack with openness to diverse AI and backend technologies. Experience in .NET ecosystem (including MCP, Semantic Kernel and Microsoft Agent Framework) is highly regarded.
- Strong Team Culture – High‑performing, collaborative, ego‑free, and big on learning
What you’ll be doing
- Lead the implementation of applied AI solutions, including LLMs, prompt/context engineering, RAG, and model evaluation
- Design and deliver customer-facing, production-grade AI solutions
- Own AI capabilities end-to-end, from solution design through deployment and iteration
- Partner with the Product team to translate real customer needs into scalable outcomes
- Provide technical leadership by mentoring developers and setting best practices
- Drive continuous improvement and positive change through strong technical judgement
You’ll thrive if you have:
- Proven experience in integrating LLMs and machine learning into production environments
- Proven capability in prompt and context engineering, with an iterative, quality‑driven approach
- Experience owning solutions end-to-end in SaaS or cloud-based products
- Experience in C#, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and the .NET ecosystem (Semantic Kernel, MCP, or Microsoft Agent Framework is highly regarded
- A collaborative mindset, customer focus, and passion for building high‑quality software
The Buildxact Way:
We build like the people we serve: with simplicity, grit, and purpose.
Our values are:
It’s yours to nail
Customer success is our success
Do what’s right
Keep it simple
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Ready to help shape the future of AI at Buildxact?
Apply now with your CV and a short cover letter on what excites you about building AI‑powered products.
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