AI Production Engineer - Forward Deployed (AWS)

Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd

Sydney

On-site

AUD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer II to embed with enterprise customers, designing, building, deploying, and running AI-powered production systems with the customer’s engineering team. You will own delivery end-to-end, from requirements gathering to production deployment, combining software rigor with a strong sense of ownership and business outcomes.

You will autonomously contribute across the full software lifecycle, mentor peers, and drive

Qualifications

3+ years of professional software development experience in non-internship roles.
Experience communicating technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience with agentic development and AI tools (eval frameworks, agent tooling, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering).
Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

Embed within customer engineering teams and translate requirements into technical designs for AI-enabled production systems.
Build production AI applications, integrating foundation models and data sources while optimizing latency, reliability, and cost.
Own production across the full software lifecycle, including monitoring and incident response.
Mentor and uplift teammates on high-quality code and best practices.
Accelerate customer adoption by codifying reusable patterns and accelerators for future deployments.