Help build the future of work; by helping businesses build their next hire.
At btrmnt, we create AI workers that companies employ as part of their team. These AI teammates onboard staff, answer support tickets, run operations, and more. They're smart, persistent, and tireless because they're powered by cutting-edge LLMs and workflow automation. Fortune 300 companies already trust btrmnt, and we're just getting started.
We're an AI-native company based in Australia, building our engineering team in Lake Macquarie / Newcastle. There aren't many software roles like this outside the capitals, this is your chance to stay local and work on frontier tech.
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About the Role
A Software engineer at btrmnt is more than a developer, you're a technologist, designer, and creative problem solver all in one. You build with speed and intent, think like a founder, and ship before someone else even finishes writing a ticket. You love AI and have probably already built something cool with it. This role is for recent grads or early-career engineers ready to go fast and learn everything.
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What You'll Do
Prototype & Ship Fast
You'll design, build, and deploy AI-powered product features from scratch. We move quickly and iterate constantly.
Use the Latest AI StackClaude Code, prompt frameworks like langchain, vector DBs, you'll be using them all.
Design Without FigmaYou've got a solid UX eye and can code up beautiful interfaces in HTML, CSS, and JS/React without waiting on mockups.
Work Autonomously, Not AloneYou'll have autonomy to go deep, but we collaborate tightly when it matters. Think high-trust, low-process.
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What We're Looking For
* Local but Global-Minded: You're based in Newcastle/Lake Mac and want to stay here without sacrificing meaningful, global-impact work.
* Fresh Eyes, No Baggage: You're a recent grad or early-career engineer who doesn't need to unlearn outdated workflows. You're entering the industry as it transforms and you're ready to build the new way, not the old way.
* Comfortable in Chaos: You don't need Jira to tell you what to do. You get joy from turning ambiguity into action.
* Builder's Mindset: Whether it's a script, a product, or a business, you've probably started building something before you felt "ready."
* AI Curious: You're already tinkering with prompts, agents, and the latest LLM tools. ChatGPT is the first place you go to when you have a question that needs answering.
* Tech Stack Comfort: JS, Python, plus a growing AI toolkit (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini etc).
* You Think AI is the Future of WorkBecause it is and you want to shape that future. The software industry is shifting fast. AI isn't just a tool, it's becoming the interface, the teammate, the product. If you're not building with it now, you'll be learning from those who did. You're here to be one of the first.
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Perks & Culture
* Small Team, Big Customers: Work with a tight crew and ship things used by the world's largest companies.
* Flexible, Chill Culture: No pointless meetings. No middle managers. Just builders.
* Local Lifestyle, Global Impact: Live in Lake Mac. Work on cutting-edge tech. That's the dream.
* Early Team Vibes: Huge influence, real ownership, no politics.