Principal Forward-Deployed AI & Data Engineer

Insight Enterprises, Inc.; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career pathways

President's Club

Volunteer Leave

Work-From-Anywhere program

Stock Purchase Plan

Certifications support

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Insight Enterprises, Inc. is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer Principal to embed with client teams and deliver end-to-end AI and data solutions. You’ll translate complex business problems into structured technical outcomes, owning deliverables from discovery through deployment and handover.

You will collaborate with client engineers, influence accelerators, and mentor newer engineers while maintaining high standards of technical excellence and commercial discipline.

Qualifications

• Delivered real software end-to-end from discovery to handover in a consulting or professional-services setting.
• Strong engineering across Python, .NET/C#, or TypeScript; SQL; cloud platforms (Azure preferred); data pipelines and API design.
• Experience with AI coding agents, LLM/agent patterns, and Azure AI services is valued.

Responsibilities

• Discover & Frame: run discovery workshops, translate business problems into solution architecture, define smallest valuable slice and fixed-price scope.
• Build & Deploy: architect and deliver production-grade data pipelines, APIs, UIs, and ML/LLM components; integrate with client infra and ensure end-to-end quality.
• Enable & Embed: pair with client engineers to build capability, run workshops, and create durable documentation for handover.
• Shape Insight's Future: capture patterns for accelerators, identify opportunities, mentor newer engineers, and contribute to the Forward Deployed Engineering practice.

Skills

Production-Grade Engineering

Full-Stack Tech Depth

AI & Modern Dev Fluency

Commercial & Leadership Acumen

Job description

Insight Enterprises, Inc. is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer Principal to embed with client teams and deliver end-to-end AI and data solutions. You’ll translate complex business problems into structured technical outcomes, owning deliverables from discovery through deployment and handover.

You will collaborate with client engineers, influence accelerators, and mentor newer engineers while maintaining high standards of technical excellence and commercial discipline.