Roles - Brisbane
Re:Sourced runs structured search for forward deployed engineers in Brisbane. Median 21 days from brief to signed offer, 90-day replacement guarantee, calibrated against an active network of senior engineers across the ANZ market.
The role
Customer-embedded engineer who ships production integrations inside client environments post-sale. Common in AI-native and enterprise SaaS. The qualifying pool is thin because the title only consolidated around 2023-24; most strong candidates carry other titles, so searches rely on profile translation rather than keyword sourcing.
In Brisbane, forward deployed engineer hiring is led by the city's enterprise software, govtech and scale-up employers, from TechnologyOne and Go1 through to a tight defence and government-adjacent tail. The local pool is smaller than the southern capitals, so searches frequently widen to remote-Australia candidates to fill senior customer-embedded roles.
Salary band 2026
Bands are calibrated against active Re:Sourced searches in Brisbane for 2026. Senior forward deployed engineers run roughly AUD 155-205k base, around 10-15% below Sydney. Base only; total compensation typically runs 20-50% above base when equity is structured well.
For full salary bands across all six disciplines, seniority levels and cities, see the Australian Tech Engineering Salary Guide 2026. For named-employer comp data on a specific brief, start a hiring campaign.
How we hire
Common questions
A forward deployed engineer is a customer-embedded engineer who builds and ships production integrations inside client environments after the sale. In Brisbane the demand spans govtech, scale-ups and the city's growing defence sector. Because the title only consolidated around 2023 to 2024, most strong candidates carry other titles, so sourcing relies on profile translation rather than keyword search.
Senior forward deployed engineers in Brisbane run roughly AUD 155-205k base for 2026, around 10 to 15 percent below Sydney. Base only; total compensation typically runs 20 to 50 percent above base when equity is structured well.
Re:Sourced delivers a calibrated shortlist within 72 hours of the intake call and runs a 21-day median from brief to signed offer for senior individual-contributor roles. Every permanent placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee, and there is no fee until placement.
Hybrid is the dominant pattern in Brisbane, and full remote is common at senior level given the client travel the role involves.
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30 minute working session. No fee until placement. Replacement inside 90 days.