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Refer a friend\nand earn a reward.\nBuild LLM features that are already changing how legal teams work, at a lean, profitable company that ships fast and cares deeply about craft.\n Remote anywhere in Australia, or hybrid in Melbourne\nUp to $220k + super, 5 weeks annual leave, home office budget\nPython, FastAPI, AWS Bedrock, RAG, embeddings, LLMs in production\n The Company Join a small, senior team of software engineers in a well funded company, reporting directly to the engineering co-founders. Own features and help steer the direct of our ML product used by companies in Australia and the UK. And work on a product that users love. 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