Forward Deployed Engineer

ProFound People; United States; Remote; AUD 285,000 - 427,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Relocation support & visa sponsorship

Fast interview-to-offer

Pioneering, long-term project

Job summary

Forward Deployed Engineer role at ProFound People Pty Ltd sits with a partner team to build data flows, integrations, and dashboards, guiding how models influence real-world operations.

You will work on-site, learning client operations, and shaping tooling and approach as you deliver end-to-end integration and outputs that feed the core product. Equity is included and relocation support is available.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building production software.
• Hands-on data pipelines and integrations in real environments.
• Ability to build clean dashboards for decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Build and run the data flows and system connections that bring partner data and model outputs together.
• Ship practical interfaces and dashboards so decision makers can see and act on results.
• Spot problems and turn fixes into reusable product.
• Be the trusted technical voice the partner relies on across a long engagement.
• Collaborate with client teams to learn operations and drive outcomes.

Skills

Data pipelines

Integrations

ML engineering

Backend

Full-stack

Frontend dashboards

Client-facing

On-site

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer | $200k-$300k+ Equity | Data Pipelines & Integrations, ML, AI

Most AI companies are racing to automate tasks people already do. This one is building models that can forecast and influence complex real-world systems, problems that even the best human experts can’t solve today.

They are well funded, research-led, and opening a hub to launch their first long-term partnership in Asia-Pacific.

They are now hiring a small group of engineers who will be the company’s face, and its hands, on the ground with that partner.

You will sit inside the partner’s world for months at a time learning how their operations really work, finding where the model can change outcomes, and building whatever is needed to get it there.

The tooling, integrations and approach will be shaped by you, and what you learn in the field will feed directly into the core product.

• Building and running the data flows and system connections that bring partner data and model outputs together
• Shipping practical interfaces and dashboards so decision makers can see and act on results
• Spotting problems no one has scoped yet, solving them, and turning the fixes into reusable product
• Being the trusted technical voice the partner relies on across a long engagement
• Around three or more years building and running production software since graduating, typically in backend, full-stack or ML engineering
• Hands-on experience with data pipelines and integrations in messy, real environments
• Enough front-end ability to build a clean, working dashboard yourself
• Confidence working directly with clients or users, and the communication skills to earn their trust over time
• A clear picture of where your career is heading, and why each move so far has taken you there

Backgrounds that tend to fit well:-

• Early engineers at venture-backed startups
• Client-embedded or field engineering teams
• Engineers from infrastructure, government technology or physical-world data businesses.

This is a high-commitment role at a pivotal stage. Expect to work fully on-site as the company scales. It suits someone who wants an intense, formative chapter more than balance right now.

What’s on offer

• A competitive base salary plus meaningful equity
• Full relocation support and visa sponsorship from anywhere
• Fast decisions: offers can follow within a day of the final interview
• Work on something that has never been done before, with a team that intends to pursue it for decades

This is a world-first initiative. One not to be missed.