Forward Deployed AI Engineer

The Recruitment Company Pty Ltd; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruitment Company Pty Ltd in Canberra is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer - AI to work with strategic clients, turning complex business challenges into production-ready AI solutions.

You’ll sit at the intersection of AI engineering, software development and client delivery, building AI/LLM applications, designing data pipelines, and mentoring engineers. Australian citizenship is required; hybrid work in Canberra with cross-cloud environments across AWS/Azure/GCP.

Qualifications

• Production experience with AI/LLM applications is essential.
• Strong programming skills across Python, Java, C#, and JS/TS.
• Cloud experience with AWS, Azure or GCP is required.
• Excellent client-facing communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Build AI/LLM applications and agentic workflows in production.
• Design integrations, data pipelines, and cloud architectures.
• Lead and mentor engineers while delivering client solutions.
• Work directly with senior client stakeholders to shape solutions.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

Job description

Canberra | Permanent | Hybrid

We’re working with a leading global consulting organisation building a high-performing AI engineering team in Australia.

Forward Deployed Engineer - AI

They’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with strategic clients, turning complex business challenges into production-ready AI solutions.

Work on real-world AI deployments using cutting-edge Anthropic technologies.

Please note you must be an Australian citizen to be considered for this role.

The Role

You’ll sit at the intersection of AI engineering, software development, solution architecture and client delivery.

You Could Be

• Building AI/LLM applications and agentic workflows
• Designing integrations, data pipelines and cloud architectures
• Rapidly prototyping and taking solutions into production
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers
• Working directly with senior client stakeholders to shape solutions

About You

• Strong experience with Python, Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript or Go
• Experience building AI/LLM applications in production would be nice but complusory
• Cloud experience across AWS, Azure or GCP
• Excellent client-facing communication skills

You don't need to have been an FDE before — Senior Software Engineers, AI Engineers, Solutions Architects and AI Consultants with the right background are all relevant.

Why Join?

If you want to move beyond AI prototypes and actually build and deploy AI solutions that make an impact, we'd love to hear from you.