Software Engineer(AI Engineer)

Who We Are



Telstra is Australia's leading telecommunications and technology company spanning over a century with a footprint in over 20+ countries. In India, we're building a platform for innovative delivery and engagement that will strengthen our position as an industry leader. We've grown quickly since our inception in 2019, now with offices in Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore.


Focus of the Role


As an AI Engineer, you will help design and build intelligent backend services and frameworks that power AI-driven applications. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to develop scalable, cloud-native solutions that integrate with large language models (LLMs), while contributing to the evolution of internal AI frameworks. This role offers opportunities to grow into full-stack and platform-level responsibilities.

What We Offer

• Performance-related pay
  
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
  
• Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
  
• Up to 26 weeks maternity leave provided to the birth mother with benefits for all child births
  
• Up to 16 weeks paid paternity leave provided to the non-birthing partners
  
• Employees are entitled to 21 paid annual leaves per calendar year
  
• Eligible employees are entitled to 12 days of paid sick / casual leave per calendar year
  
• Relocation support options across India, from junior to senior positions within the company
  
• Receive insurance benefits such as medical, accidental and life insurances
  

What You'll Do

• Build AI-powered backend services and contribute to the development of internal AI frameworks and reusable components.
  
• Design and refine prompts for LLMs to ensure accurate, context-aware responses.
  
• Integrate with orchestration frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph to enable dynamic AI workflows.
  
• Connect services to cloud-native AI platforms like Azure OpenAI and AWS Bedrock.
  
• Deploy containerized or serverless microservices using AWS ECS Fargate and AWS Lambda.
  
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to support API integration into React-based user interfaces.
  
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following internal standards.
  
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across development and staging environments.
  
• Participate in documentation, code reviews, and internal knowledge sharing.
  
• Stay current with trends in LLM tooling, AI orchestration, and cloud-native development.
  

About You

Essential Skills

• Should have 3-6 years of overall experience.
  
• Strong proficiency in Python, with experience building scalable backend services.
  
• Deep understanding of prompt engineering and LLM interaction patterns.
  
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, or similar AI orchestration tools.
  
• Experience working with MCP server environments for modular AI service deployment.
  
• Familiarity with containerized or serverless deployments on AWS (Lambda and ECS fargate).
  
• Exposure to Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock.
  
• Experience with Git, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab).
  
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in agile teams.
  
• Awareness of testing strategies and service virtualization techniques, especially relevant to automation and quality assurance environments.
  

Desirable (Growth Areas)

• Good to have knowledge of backend frameworks like Spring Boot (Java), with a readiness to learn and apply them as needed.
  
• Willingness to learn and contribute to frontend development using React.js.
  

We're amongst the top 2% of companies globally in the CDP Global Climate Change Index 2023, being awarded an 'A' rating. If you want to work for a company that cares about sustainability, we want to hear from you.

As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and disabilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.

As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application.

We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.

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