Founding Forward Deployed Engineer — Australia

Happyrobot Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Equity in a high-growth startup

Job summary

HappyRobot Inc. is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding Australia Team Member) to co-create deployments with enterprise customers in Australia. You’ll be the first technical hire in-region, working with the Country GM to shape how we operate and scale locally.

You’ll combine strong full-stack skills with AI/ML expertise to design, deploy, and optimize AI workers within customer environments, while shaping onboarding, feedback loops, and the regional playbook for future hires.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack experience with React, TypeScript and Node.js.
• Hands-on proficiency in Python.
• Experience building AI/ML applications, including LLM prompting and tuning.
• Ability to manage APIs and integrate with third-party systems.
• Excellent communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
• Founder mindset: independent, ownership-driven, fast-paced.

Responsibilities

• Customer-facing engineering – onboard and optimize with enterprise customers.
• Technical development – build features and scalable MVPs.
• Full-stack development – React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python applications.

Skills

Full-stack React

TypeScript

Node.js

Python

LLM prompting

APIs integration

Communication

Project management

Founder mindset

Job description

HappyRobot Inc. is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding Australia Team Member) to co-create deployments with enterprise customers in Australia. You’ll be the first technical hire in-region, working with the Country GM to shape how we operate and scale locally.

You’ll combine strong full-stack skills with AI/ML expertise to design, deploy, and optimize AI workers within customer environments, while shaping onboarding, feedback loops, and the regional playbook for future hires.