Location:Sydney or Melbourne, Australia
Competitive Salary + Equity
AI-Driven Enterprise Software
About the Opportunity
We're partnering with a rapidly scaling, VC-backed technology company building AI-powered infrastructure used by some of the world's largest retailers and enterprise organisations.
Their platform powers millions of customer transactions every month, (B2B) through intelligent software and automation.
As part of their continued growth across APAC, they are seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work directly with customers, solve complex operational challenges and help shape the future direction of the product.
This is a highly visible role sitting at the intersection of software engineering, customer engagement, product development and technical leadership.
The Role
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will partner directly with enterprise customers to understand complex business problems and rapidly transform requirements into scalable software solutions.
You will operate across product, engineering and customer teams, building prototypes, delivering production systems and influencing the evolution of the platform.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys ambiguity, thrives in customer-facing environments and loves taking ideas from concept through to deployment.
Responsibilities
Work directly with enterprise customers to understand business and operational challenges
Gather, challenge and refine customer requirements
Design, build and deploy scalable software solutions
Develop prototypes, proof-of-concepts and MVPs to validate ideas quickly
Translate customer needs into long-term product capabilities
Partner closely with Product,



Engineering and AI teams
Build backend services, APIs and cloud-native applications
Support customer implementations and high-impact technical initiatives
Influence product direction through direct customer engagement and feedback
Act as a trusted technical advisor to both customers and internal stakeholders
About You
8+ years commercial software engineering experience
Experience taking products, features or customer solutions from 0 to 1
Experience working directly with customers, users or external stakeholders
Strong requirements gathering and problem-solving capability
Experience building prototypes, MVPs and production-ready software
Strong software engineering skills using:
Python
TypeScript
AWS
Experience building scalable APIs, backend services and distributed systems
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments
Highly Desirable
Forward Deployed Engineering experience
Product Engineering experience
Startup or scale-up background
Experience deploying AI-enabled or data-driven software products
Why Join?
Build solutions used by global enterprise customers
Work on technology powering millions of real-world transactions
Collaborate with world-class Product, Engineering and AI teams
Influence both product direction and customer outcomes
Competitive compensation and equity prospect
Help shape a growing engineering function across APAC
This is an opportunity for an engineer who enjoys building, solving complex customer problems and having direct influence over how products evolve and deliver value at scale.
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