AI does not fail in the model. It fails in the last mile. Galileo Search is recruiting Forward Deployed AI Engineers for current project work with blue-chip Australian clients, Melbourne based with hybrid working.
You will be the engineer in the room when an unclear business problem has to become a production system. You will work directly with users, write the code, make product calls and own the path from the first useful workflow to secure, measurable adoption. These are hands-on engineering roles: not pre-sales positions, prompt-only roles or consulting jobs where the build is handed to somebody else. No innovation theatre. No handover after the demo. You stay close to the outcome.
What you will do
- Work directly with customers, business leaders and end users to understand real operational problems
- Turn ambiguous workflows into a clear technical scope and the smallest useful production release
- Design, build and deploy full-stack AI applications, agentic workflows and internal tools
- Connect models to enterprise data and systems through APIs, retrieval pipelines, tool calling and MCP servers
- Build the production layer around the model: evaluation, observability, permissions, security, cost and human oversight
- Support adoption, measure workflow impact and improve what you have shipped from real user feedback
What you bring
- Five or more years of software engineering, applied AI or technical deployment experience
- Full-stack depth in Python and/or TypeScript with hands-on LLM, RAG and agent-framework experience
- Comfort onsite and client-facing: you can hold the room with business users and then go build the thing
- A prototype-to-production track record, not a portfolio of demos
Why this role
Forward deployed engineering is the profile every serious AI adopter in Australia is trying to hire and the talent pool is thin. You get real client problems, real production scope, and delivery patterns that compound into reusable products.
The package is $170,000 to $230,000 base plus superannuation, with bonus or equity on some opportunities. Melbourne based with hybrid working. Galileo Search runs Australia's specialist AI talent marketplace. Apply in confidence, or reach out for a private conversation.