DesMind
Careers

Build systems that matter, with people who care how they are built.

We are looking for engineers and researchers who want to apply AI, software and cloud to real problems in healthcare, education, property and research.

Open roles

Current opportunities

All roles are remote-friendly. Open a role for details, then apply below.

Machine Learning Engineer

  • AI & Machine Learning
  • Contract
  • Remote · Australia or global
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Design, build and ship production ML and RAG systems for our clients and DesMind products, from data pipelines to monitored deployments.

Role details

What you'll do

  • Build retrieval-augmented generation pipelines with embeddings, vector search and reranking
  • Create evaluation sets and automated tests for accuracy, groundedness and safety
  • Deploy and monitor models with MLOps practices on AWS or Azure
  • Work directly with clients to turn requirements into measurable success criteria

What you'll bring

  • 3+ years building ML systems in Python
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs, embeddings and vector databases
  • PyTorch or TensorFlow, and scikit-learn
  • Deployed models to production in the cloud
  • Clear written and spoken communication

Nice to have

  • Privacy-preserving or federated learning
  • Healthcare or other regulated-data projects
  • Published research or open-source contributions

Full-Stack Software Engineer

  • Engineering
  • Contract
  • Remote · Australia or global
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Build and scale our platforms, including Lodge Platform and client systems handling payments, tenancies and real-time workflows.

Role details

What you'll do

  • Develop features across Next.js/React front ends and Node.js APIs
  • Design PostgreSQL and MongoDB data models that keep money and records correct
  • Integrate payments (Paystack), email and background jobs
  • Write end-to-end and integration tests and take part in code review

What you'll bring

  • 3+ years of full-stack TypeScript/JavaScript
  • React or Next.js, and Node.js (Fastify or Express)
  • Relational database design and SQL
  • Automated testing and CI/CD

Nice to have

  • Payments or fintech experience
  • Drizzle ORM, Zod or Playwright
  • Mobile development with Flutter or React Native

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

  • Engineering
  • Part-time contract
  • Remote
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Own the infrastructure behind our AI and software products: reliable deployments, observability and security.

Role details

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with evaluation and test gates
  • Manage infrastructure as code across AWS, Azure and managed platforms
  • Set up monitoring, alerting, backups and cost controls
  • Harden environments and support security reviews

What you'll bring

  • 2+ years in cloud or DevOps roles
  • Docker and at least one major cloud (AWS or Azure)
  • Infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar)
  • GitHub Actions or comparable CI tooling

Nice to have

  • Kubernetes
  • Microsoft 365 and Entra ID administration
  • Experience supporting ML workloads

Research Intern: Privacy-Preserving AI

  • DesMind Labs
  • Internship
  • Cairns or remote
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Support DesMind Labs research on privacy-preserving conversational AI and federated learning for digital health.

Role details

What you'll do

  • Run literature reviews and summarise evidence
  • Prototype federated-learning and evaluation experiments
  • Help evaluate conversational agents for safety and fairness
  • Contribute to papers, reports and open-source code

What you'll bring

  • Honours, master's or PhD student in computer science, AI, data science or health informatics
  • Python and basic machine learning
  • Careful, well-documented work habits

Nice to have

  • Interest in digital health or AI ethics
  • Experience with Flower, PySyft or similar
  • Academic writing experience
Why DesMind

What working with us looks like

Real systems in production

Your work ships to live platforms and real users.

Research-led engineering

Work alongside active AI research, with room to publish.

Remote and flexible

Work where you do your best work, with clear async communication.

Ownership and growth

A small, senior team where you own outcomes and grow with the company.

How we hire

A short, respectful process

  1. Apply

    Send your details and CV. We read every application.

  2. Introductory call

    A 30-minute conversation about the role and your goals.

  3. Technical conversation

    Walk us through past work, or complete a short paid exercise.

  4. Offer

    A clear written offer with scope, terms and start date.

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