Reqiva is partnered with a high-growth, US-headquartered AI logistics platform backed by top-tier Silicon Valley investors. They’re building their founding engineering team in Australia and are hiring Forward Deployed Engineers. The company builds an AI-driven orchestration platform for the world’s largest retailers and managing millions of deliveries. The role This is hands‑on engineering at the edge. It isn’t pre‑sales and it isn’t implementation. You’ll build, deploy and operate production software directly with enterprise customers, working closely with the global product and AI teams. You’ll be part of the foundational team that defines how the Australian engineering office works. Expect to move quick, own outcomes, and see your work make a real‑world difference within weeks, not quarters. What you’ll do
Build, deploy and operate production systems used by major enterprise retailers
Work directly with customers’ engineering, operations and leadership teams to understand their problems and deliver measurable outcomes
Take new products from concept to live deployment, then own and evolve them in production
Design and extend the core infrastructure behind global delivery orchestration
Partner with product and AI teams to shape product direction across APAC
Debug real-world logistics workflows across fleets, APIs and integrations About you
4+ years building and shipping production software
Solid experience with APIs, backend systems or platform integrations
Comfortable moving between code, customer problems and architecture decisions
Experience owning production systems: reliability, monitoring, and supporting services after launch
A bias toward speed, iteration and ownership, and comfort working with ambiguity
A clear communicator who can work directly with operators, CTOs and executives
Motivated by building software that touches the physical world at scale Why it’s worth a conversation
A founding role in a well‑funded, fast‑moving startup, shaping its engineering presence across APAC
Your code runs inside real enterprise workflows at scale
Market-competitive salary plus equity
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📌 Forward Deployed Engineer Scale Up Sydney
🏢 Reqiva
📍 Sydney