Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer – Principal

Insight; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career pathways

President’s Club

Volunteer Leave

Work From Anywhere

Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Insight in Sydney is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Principal to embed with client teams and deliver AI and data solutions end-to-end. You will translate business problems into structured engineering work, owning outcomes and driving value for enterprise clients.

You will work across data pipelines, APIs, UIs, and agent-based ML systems, partnering with CTOs and frontline teams to ensure robust, scalable solutions that can be extended beyond engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping software end-to-end from discovery to handover in a consulting or professional-services context.
• Deep full-stack capabilities across Python/.NET/C#/TypeScript, cloud platforms, and data tooling.
• Hands-on AI/LLM development with modern tooling and agent patterns; strong design sense.
• Ability to communicate with CTOs and clients to fix scope and deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Discover & frame client problems, define scope, and translate into a fixed-price solution.
• Architect and deliver production-grade data pipelines, APIs, UIs, and ML/LLM components.
• Enable client teams, run workshops, and document playbooks for long-term use.
• Contribute to Insight’s accelerator library and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Production-Grade Engineering

Full-Stack Technical Depth

AI & Modern Development Fluency

Commercial & Leadership Acumen

Tools

Python

C#

TypeScript

SQL

Azure

Docker

Git

CI/CD

IaC

Job description

Insight in Sydney is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Principal to embed with client teams and deliver AI and data solutions end-to-end. You will translate business problems into structured engineering work, owning outcomes and driving value for enterprise clients.

You will work across data pipelines, APIs, UIs, and agent-based ML systems, partnering with CTOs and frontline teams to ensure robust, scalable solutions that can be extended beyond engagements.