Job Description
Buddy is proud to be partnering with Oho, a workforce safeguarding platform on a mission to improve safety standards for vulnerable people. Oho connects to 23+ government registers to continuously verify right-to-work credentials across the entire employee lifecycle, and today it's trusted by 150+ organisations to help protect 4.2 million vulnerable Australians across five high-stakes sectors.
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What you'll do
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Oho is currently undertaking a significant technical transformation, rebuilding its product from the ground up and migrating customers to the recent platform. As a result, now is an exceptional time to join the business and play a meaningful role in shaping its future.
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The opportunity is for an AI Product Engineer to join the small, high-impact team. The role will report directly to the CTO and will play a hands-on part in building Oho's new platform, working across the full stack to ship features that matter.
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What you'll do
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Own features end to end, from spotting a genuine customer need to shipping across a tech stack covering: Java, Python, TypeScript and React.
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Bring real AI fluency to how you and the team works: use AI tools to meaningfully multiply your own output day to day, and look for well-bounded, high-value ways to bring AI into the product itself.
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Think and act like a product owner. Propose what's next, work from light specs, get close to customers, and don't wait to be handed detailed requirements.
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Help ship a major platform rebuild, joining a small team mid-way through migrating around 150 customers onto Oho's new platform.
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Hold yourself to a high bar on accuracy. In this domain, a wrong result isn't just a bug, it can be a safety risk
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What you'll bring
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Real, hands-on AI proficiency, not just familiarity, with concrete examples of using AI tools to multiply your own output.
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Strong product instincts and the ability to translate customer needs into working software with minimal hand-holding.
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Comfort across a modern full-stack (Java, Python, TypeScript, React). You don't need to be expert in all four on day one.
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High energy and genuine self-direction, comfortable acting independently and owning outcomes.
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Nice to have: a background in verification, screening, credentialing or regtech.
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Why this role
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Real-world impact: your work helps keep vulnerable people safe.
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Genuine ownership from day one, joining mid-rebuild with a small, close-knit team
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An AI-forward culture: you're expected and encouraged to use AI to multiply your impact.
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Work directly with the CTO and three senior engineers, with real access and real say.
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Melbourne-based flexibility: shared office space at Stone & Chalk when you want it and remote working as standard
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Our Tech Stack
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You don't need to have mastered everything below. Strong foundations, curiosity, and real AI experience matter more. Tech stack snapshot:
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Backend & APIs:Java 17, Spring Boot 3, REST & GraphQL (schema-first), event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka for real-time metadata, and Gradle.
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Data & Storage:MySQL, PostgreSQL,
Elasticsearch/OpenSearch,
and Neo4j for graph relationships.
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Frontend:React, TypeScript, Apollo GraphQL, Ant Design, MUI, and Vite.
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Integrations & Services:Python 3.11, Node.js/Express with Puppeteer for web automation, plus AWS Lambda for document verification and data ingestion frameworks.
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Cloud & Platform:AWS on Kubernetes (K8s), GitOps with ArgoCD, Karpenter autoscaling, Helm, NGINX Gateway, Cloudflare, and Backstage.
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Observability & Security:Full telemetry via Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and OpenTelemetry, backed by automated security guardrails (Trivy, Aikido, Gitleaks) to keep shipping safe and fast.
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Oho is committed to building a safe, inclusive workplace and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, with reasonable adjustments available throughout the hiring process.

📌 Ai Product Engineer (Victoria)
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