Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

V2 AI; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Pick your equipment

Gifted Day Off (VersionUp Day)

Generous parental leave

Well-funded startup environment

Clear promotion pathways

Flexible working arrangements

Meet-ups & socials

97% CSR rating

Job summary

V2 AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer III - Applied AI to drive design and development of production-ready AI applications. You will lead full stack projects using React and Node.js, integrating AI/ML solutions and deploying scalable cloud architectures on AWS.

You will mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and help shape engineering standards across V2 AI, collaborating with product, data, and architecture teams to deliver end-to-end GenAI applications and agent-based systems.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and deploying production-grade AI applications.
• Experience with full-stack development and cloud architectures.
• Mentor and guide engineers to improve quality and practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of full stack AI applications using React, Node.js, and AWS
• Integrate AI/ML solutions, including LLMs, embeddings, and agent frameworks, into production applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, data, AI, and architecture) to define project scope, design patterns, and technical strategy
• Ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud architectures, leveraging AWS services (Lambda, SageMaker, Bedrock, ECS/EKS)
• Mentor and guide engineers on best practices, code quality, and architectural decisions
• Implement LLMOps workflows: prompt management, model pipelines, versioning, monitoring, and optimization
• Work with unstructured data (text, image, video, audio) to enable AI-driven features
• Contribute to reusable code libraries, frameworks, and engineering standards
• Stay up-to-date with AI and full stack technologies and share knowledge internally and externally.

Skills

React

Node.js

AWS

LLMs

AI/ML

Full stack

Tools

AWS Lambda

SageMaker

Bedrock

ECS/EKS

Job description

V2 AI is a leading AI-Native consultancy backed by $30m in VC funding, allowing us to meet our customers' needs. We harness the power of AI to accelerate business outcomes for some of the world's largest brands. We bring decades of experience and a unique delivery model to partner with our customers on the most complex problems for immense, measurable impact.

Our Services

• AI Enablement
• Applied AI
• Data & AI Security

About the Role

As aForward Deployed Engineer III - Applied AI , you'll drive the design and development of production-ready AI applications. You'll lead full stack projects using React and Node.js, integrating AI/ML solutions and deploying scalable cloud architectures on AWS. You'll collaborate with product teams, architects, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions, including GenAI applications, LLM integrations, and agent-based systems. You'll also mentor team members, influence technical decisions, and help shape engineering standards and practices across V2 AI.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of full stack AI applications using React, Node.js, and AWS
• Integrate AI/ML solutions, including LLMs, embeddings, and agent frameworks, into production applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, data, AI, and architecture) to define project scope, design patterns, and technical strategy
• Ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud architectures, leveraging AWS services (Lambda, SageMaker, Bedrock, ECS/EKS)
• Mentor and guide engineers on best practices, code quality, and architectural decisions
• Implement LLMOps workflows: prompt management, model pipelines, versioning, monitoring, and optimization
• Work with unstructured data (text, image, video, audio) to enable AI-driven features
• Contribute to reusable code libraries, frameworks, and engineering standards
• Stay up-to-date with AI and full stack technologies and share knowledge internally and externally.

What You Will Get:

• Competitive salary package
• Pick your equipment
• Gifted Day Off ("VersionUp Day")
• Generous parental leave
• Well-funded startup environment
• Clear promotion pathways
• Flexible working arrangements
• Meet-ups & socials
• 97% rating on corporate social responsibility