Principal AI Engineer - Platform & Inference

Work location: Remote or Perth, Western Australia

Roster: Monday – Friday

Fortescue is seeking a hands-on Principal AI Engineer – Platform & Inference to provide senior technical leadership across AI platform architecture, inference, deployment and production engineering.

You will set technical direction while staying close to the engineering detail, helping design and build secure, scalable and highly observable AI platforms and services for complex, real-world operations.This is an opportunity to influence how AI is engineered and operationalised at scale, working across distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, model serving and production inference.

Work from where you do your best work

You don't need to be based in Perth to take on this role. We are open to exceptional candidates working remotely.

If relocating to Perth is something you're interested in, Fortescue can provide relocation support to help make the move possible.

We are also open to international talent and can provide relocation support for the candidate that wants to establish themselves in Perth Western Australia

Why this role

Principal-level influence. Shape AI platform architecture, engineering standards and technology direction while remaining hands-on.

Solve challenging engineering problems. Work across distributed systems, platform engineering, model serving and inference performance.

Build for production and scale. Help establish the engineering foundations required to move sophisticated AI workloads into reliable production environments.

Meaningful real-world impact. Apply advanced AI engineering to high-value operational challenges across a large, technology-led organisation.

Flexibility. Work remotely or from Perth, with relocation and visa support available for candidates interested in making Western Australia home.