Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

V2 AI; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Pick your equipment

Gifted Day Off

Generous parental leave

Well-funded startup environment

Annual training budget

Mentorship program

Clear promotion pathways

Flexible working arrangements

Meet-ups & socials

CSR rating 97%

Job summary

V2 AI is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI in Brisbane to drive the design, development, and deployment 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 team members, influence technical decisions, and help shape engineering standards across V2 AI while collaborating with product, data, and architecture teams to deliver end-to-end

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering production-ready AI applications.
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills across teams.
• Hands-on full-stack development with React/Node.js and AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of full-stack AI apps using React, Node.js, and AWS.
• Integrate AI/ML solutions, including LLMs and embeddings, into production products.
• Collaborate with product, data, AI, and architecture teams to set scope and strategy.
• Ensure scalable, secure cloud architectures with AWS services like Lambda, SageMaker, Bedrock, ECS/EKS.
• Mentor engineers on best practices and architectural decisions.
• Establish LLMOps workflows: prompts, pipelines, versioning, monitoring, and optimization.
• Work with unstructured data (text, image, video, audio) for AI-driven features.
• Contribute to reusable code libraries and engineering standards.
• Keep up-to-date with AI and full-stack tech and share knowledge internally.

Skills

Full stack development

Leadership

Mentoring

Cloud architectures

AI/ML integration

Team collaboration

Tools

React

Node.js

AWS

LLM integration

Embeddings

MLOps

Job description

About V2 AI

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 Strategy & Governance
• AI Enablement
• Applied AI
• Data & AI Security

About the Role
As Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - 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
• Annual training budget
• Mentorship program
• Clear promotion pathways
• Flexible working arrangements
• Meet-ups & socials
• 97% rating on corporate social responsibility