Lead Delivery Consultant at Talent | Technology, Digital, Project Services & Business Transformation
Talent International is partnering with a leading, hyper-growth AI company to hire their next Founding Engineer.
Role Snapshot
Contract Length: Permanent (salary open depending on experience)
Location + WFH Flexibility: North Sydney, 5 days onsite
Project: Building and scaling next-generation AI consumer products
Start Date: ASAP
Interview Process:
Coffee chat
Short paid work trial
Offer (top of market + equity)
About the Opportunity
We're working with one of Australia's most exciting AI product companies – one of the fastest-growing consumer AI apps globally, hitting 10 M+ users in under a year with a team of only 12. They're profitable, bootstrapped, and scaling at Silicon Valley speed.
This is a rare chance to join as one of the first five engineers, working directly with repeat founders and an elite engineering team in North Sydney.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll build across the full stack, own problems end-to-end, and ship at extreme speed. Expect to work directly with the CTO on bleeding-edge AI challenges.
Examples of what you might ship
Real-time AI video calling with <200 ms latency
GPU orchestration for millions of image generations per day
Testing/optimising in-house models and LoRAs for ****** M users
Tech Stack
TypeScript, Next.js, React, TailwindCSS, tRPC, Postgres, Temporal
Who They're Looking For
Extremely smart, rapid learner
Full-stack builder who ships fast
High agency and low ego
Works well in an intense, fast-paced, talent-dense environment
Someone who builds outside of work (side projects, OSS, niche tools, competitions)
Comfortable working onsite 5+ days per week
Comfortable that some customer segments operate in the adult industry
Why This Role Is Exceptional
Top 50 global AI consumer app in <12 months
Possibly the fastest-growing bootstrapped startup in Australia
Profitable with strong revenue – no VC pressure
Salary above market + meaningful equity
Technology
Real AI infrastructure (not API wrappers)
Running their own GPUs, custom training, and rapid scaling
Millions of images/messages generated daily
Exposure to cutting-edge tools like Temporal and Planetscale
Team
Repeat founders with previous multimillion-dollar exit
Ex-VC, ex-CTO, founders newly returned from SF
Team of 12 doing the work of what's usually ***** engineers
No silos – complete ownership and autonomy
Intense, hardworking culture of people who love to build
Mission
They're building a new category of adaptive, interactive entertainment-AI experiences that evolve as you engage.
Think beyond TikTok/YouTube: this is entertainment that responds in real time.
If this sounds like you, apply now.
This is a career-defining opportunity to build at the frontier of AI with one of the most exciting engineering teams in Australia.
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