{"id":1350577,"url":"https://alion.io/job/nine-careers-software-engineer","title":"Software Engineer","company":{"id":1768078,"name":"Nine Careers","domain":"ninecareers.com.au","url":"https://alion.io/company/ninecareers","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Sydney, Australia"],"countries":["AU"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon EKS","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"GCP","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":true},{"name":"Go","optional":true},{"name":"Google GKE","optional":true},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":true},{"name":"LLM","optional":true},{"name":"OpenTofu","optional":true},{"name":"RAG","optional":true},{"name":"Terraform","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-17T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-17","last_verified_at":"2026-09-30T02:26:58Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":13,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":13},"description":"Company Description\nNine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company. Working at Nine, you’ll have access to a unique range of experiences and opportunities, helping drive the success of the country’s most trusted television, radio, digital and publishing brands.\nOur content reaches almost every Australian - meaning what we do has real impact. We bring people together, celebrate the big moments, and capture the everyday ones.\nSome of our most beloved brands have been part of Australian life for generations, and others - new on the scene - have already found their place firmly in our lives. We’re evolving and we need people like you to bring new ideas, innovate and make your mark.\nJob Description\nThe Data Science & AI team sits within Nine's Digital group, building AI-powered products that create genuine value for Nine's business and its audiences. The team operates across two complementary tracks: a Data Science function focused on modelling and business optimisation; and an AI Engineering function that designs and ships production AI software. \nAs Software Engineer within the AI Engineering function you will build and maintain the software that powers our AI products. You are a disciplined backend software engineer who wants to apply software engineering rigour to production systems, internal agentic automation, and high-traffic audience features.\nWhat You’ll Do\nBuild & Ship: Write clean, scalable Python code to develop production backend services, APIs, and data pipelines across GCP and AWS (EKS).\n\nMaintain Engineering Standards: Champion code quality through test-driven development, thoughtful PR reviews, and adherence to modern architecture patterns.\n\nSystems & Delivery: Partner closely with the Tech Lead and AI Product team to break down requirements into deliverable, maintainable software components.\n\nOperational Stability: Support CI/CD deployment pipelines, system observability, and monitoring to maintain high-availability tools in production.\n\nWhat You’ll Bring\n3-5 years of commercial software engineering experience building, shipping, and maintaining backend systems.\n\nProficiency in Python or similar, with an emphasis on writing readable, testable, and maintainable code.\n\nSolid experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and backend microservices.\n\nHands-on working knowledge of cloud environments (AWS or GCP).\n\nFamiliarity with DevOps practices: Git, CI/CD workflows, automated testing frameworks, and basic cloud deployment.\n\nA Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nDesirable\nFamiliarity with Go, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), or Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu).\n\nSome exposure to or curiosity about integrating LLM APIs, vector databases, or RAG frameworks.\n\nExperience in digital media, publishing, or digital content platforms.\n\nAdditional Information\nHow we work\nAt Nine, our flexible work options vary by role and team. Depending on the position, this may include flexible hours, hybrid work, or part-time arrangements. We welcome discussing your flexibility needs during the hiring process - just ask the Talent Acquisition team.\nOur employee benefits include:\n18 weeks paid parental leave with no distinction between primary and secondary carers\n\nAccess to 'Employee Exclusives' program - a way of getting closer to our incredible brands, offering unique experiences, behind-the-scenes access, and awesome perks.\n\nDigital newspaper subscription to our mastheads\n\nAnnual gift voucher for Stan subscription\n\nMore info at Nine Careers\n\nOur Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion\nWe're committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive Nine. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best.\nWe encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, genders, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures as we recognise the importance and value of diverse perspectives. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please advise us when you apply.\nWork rights: Please note to apply for this role you must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4241,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Hybrid work","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Australia","iso":"AU","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Professional Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T18:13:31Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":13,"expected_fill_days":41,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nine-careers-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nine-careers-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-30T06:16:37Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4348,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":652,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}}