Forward-Deployed AI Engineer | Production AI & Client Delivery

The Recruitment Company; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruitment Company is partnering with a leading global consultancy in Canberra to hire a Forward Deployed Engineer – AI. You will join a high-performing AI engineering team, work directly with strategic clients, and turn complex business challenges into production-ready AI solutions.

You will deploy AI/LLM applications using cutting-edge Anthropic technologies, design cloud architectures, and provide technical leadership across delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python, Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript or Go.
• Experience building AI/LLM applications in production is required.
• Cloud experience across AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Excellent client-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build AI/LLM applications and agentic workflows.
• Design integrations, data pipelines and cloud architectures.
• Rapidly prototype and take solutions into production.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers.
• Work directly with senior client stakeholders to shape solutions.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

AI/LLM in production

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

The Recruitment Company is partnering with a leading global consultancy in Canberra to hire a Forward Deployed Engineer – AI. You will join a high-performing AI engineering team, work directly with strategic clients, and turn complex business challenges into production-ready AI solutions.

You will deploy AI/LLM applications using cutting-edge Anthropic technologies, design cloud architectures, and provide technical leadership across delivery teams.