Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Who We Are

Build. Scale. Sustain.

We are a global technology consultancy with a trademarked AI-first engineering approach for accelerating the delivery of digital products and revolutionizing platform modernization.We do the right thing and we do it right.Wereproud to be a World Economic Forum New Champion and a B Corp-certified company.

• We aresmall enough to care locally big enough to deliver globally: 5 continents 10 countries 500 experts from 50 nationalities across the AmericasEuropeand APAC

• We arerobust and resilient: 100% independent and 0 debt

• We areentrepreneurs and passionate experts: We invest in what we believe genuinely and work as a collective intelligence

• We arepositive courageous caring doers and committed to excellence

About Gen-e2TM

While the market is still largely AI-augmenting delivery we have reinvented the SDLC to be AI First. Leveraging our 16 yearsexpertisein digital transformation our approach is agame-changerin productivity and quality with a strong collaboration between IA generative and our best Talents:

• The quality consistently exceeds the output of our best traditional engineering teams.

• A product repository houses all product artefacts giving AI full project context for higher-quality generation.

• A library of rules and prompts defines coding standards design principles and security guidelines ensuring enterprise-grade quality and scalability.
  With Gen-e2TM we deliver end-to-end products 23 faster than traditional approaches while raising the bar for engineering excellence.

AI generates; engineers own. Your judgement design thinking and standards are what make the output production-grade.

Your Role

This role suits people passionate about AI and about reinventing software engineering to deliver faster higher-quality products. You will join a team exploring every day how to evolve our ways of working to be AI-First andwhatspossible with rapidly advancing LLMs and AI coding tools.

As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer you will deliver AI-powered products and solutions for our clientsfocusingmainly onenterprises owning the journey from discovery and scoping through pilot and production to adoption.

The work is varied: deploying an agentic AI workflow inside a major health insurer standing up an AI-powered platform for a bank or designing intelligent automation for a public sector agency.Our clientsare Fortune1000s across financial services health and the public sector and the problems are real ambiguous andproduction-bound.

The foundation isbroadfull-stack generalist engineering: you are equally proficient across product architecture coding and infrastructure. We expect daily use of AI coding tools such asGHCP Claude Code Cursor or Codexto generate most of your requirements code and architecture diagrams at least on side projects and ideally day-to-day.

You will think and build end to end like a product engineer not just think about the code. These are not staff augmentation placements: you take a product from journey to pilot to production own the outcome it delivers and care as much about whether it gets adopted and creates valueaswhether the code is elegant.

This is a hands-on engineering role within a consulting environment. You will embed directly with client engineering product and domain teams translating ambiguous business problems into working systems that deliver measurable impact. You will be AI-native by default applying PALOITsGen-e2methodologyto drive quality speed and adoption across every engagement.

This role is based in Sydney. Weoperatea hybrid model with three days per week in our Sydney office or on client site with the balance worked flexibly.

This is a client-facing role at its core:youllspend much of your time with clients running discovery sessionspresenting tosenior stakeholders and owning the conversation as much as the code. If you enjoy owning a problem end to end and seeing your work land with the people who use it andyoureenergisedby ambiguity rather than a well-defined backlogyoullthrive here.

Client Delivery

• Independently deliver defined workstreams within your engagement from prototype through to production.

• Contribute to discovery and scoping sessions: ask strong clarifying questions and help frame the problem.

• Build full-stack AI-powered systems that deliver measurable client value.

• Identifyrisks and dependencies early and raise them before they become blockers.

• Proactively pick up unassigned work and drive it forward.

Consulting & Client Engagement

• Work directly with client teams and build trust with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Contribute ideas on how AI can improve the clients product not just deliver what was asked.

• Communicate your thinking clearly: in the room in writing and in the code.

• Bring field feedback to the team to sharpen how we deliver.

AI-Native & Gen-e2 Practice (Core Expectation)

• Champion AI-native ways of working includingAI-first development testing and documentation.

• Apply prompt and context engineering output validation and critical review of AI-generated code.

• Stay current with emerging GenAI tools and bring practical ideas back to the team.

Who You Are

• Client-facing aptitude anda consultingposture are essential.You are comfortable engaging directly with client stakeholders presenting your thinking and working in the open. This is a non-negotiable requirement.

• 5 years of hands-on software development experience ideallyincluding cross-functional or client-facing work.

• Proven ability to independently deliver a defined workstream in a fast-moving or ambiguous environment.

• Solid full-stack generalist foundations. Preferred technologies include ReactJS for frontend and NodeJS/Java/Python for backend development.

• You are open to learning new stacks. We work across different client environments languages frameworks and cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP) and with AI as a learning tool picking up something new is easier than ever. Youdontneed to tick every technology box; curiosity goes a long way.

• Experience building with LLMs or generative models professionally or throughsubstantialpersonal projects.

• Solid system design capability and a strong understanding of programming patterns and principles.

• Clear communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Demonstrated initiative and ownership: you drive outcomes rather than wait for instructions.

AI-Native & Gen-e2 Skills (Required)

• Hands-on daily use of AI tools across your engineering workflow.

• Working grasp of prompt and context engineering for engineering workflows.

• Demonstrated use of AI tools in day-to-day engineering work not just theoretical exposure. You should be able to show how AI is part of your working method.

• Critical thinking tovalidateand verify AI-generated code and solutions.

Good to Have

• Prior consulting or client-facing delivery experience.

• Enterprise environment exposure.

• Experience with AI/ML services and frameworks.

• Experience with cloud computing platforms (Azure AWS GCP).

More About PALO IT

Our mission is to become the most advanced consulting company in AI-First product and software engineering. 100% of our projects deploy our Gen-e2methodologyto help clients accelerate delivery and scale these practices.

What We Offer

• Gen-e2 and AI upskilling

• Stimulating working environments

• Unique career path

• Internal R&D projects

• Knowledge sharing

• Personalized training

For more on our team culture and benefits check outourcareers page.

We will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Australia and do not require sponsorship of a visa.

PALO IT Australia is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on meritqualificationsand abilities. PALO IT AU does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on racecolour religion sex sexuality national origin age disability maritalstatusor any other characteristics protected by law.

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