Optimal Reality Forward Deployed Engineer - Front End

Job Requisition ID: 39174 

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• Training and development - at Deloitte we believe in investing in our best assets, the people. You will have access to world class training and funding for industry and other professional certifications. You’ll also work with wide range of clients, technologies, and methodologies, which will accelerate your learning.
• Support and coaching to progress your career. You will have access to mentors and coaches who will help you pave a path for career progression.
• A culture where we listen to each other and pride ourselves in delivering the best possible outcomes. Most importantly, we love to have fun.

We’re committed to continually building a safe and respectful workplace, where all our people feel appreciated and accepted. Through the creation of endorsed employee-led diversity networks which promote cultural, disability, LGBTI+, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and gender equality, we’re leading the way to shape an environment where everybody can thrive. Inclusion at Deloitte

Are you excited and passionate about assisting public and private sector organisations accelerate their transition to a cleaner, greener, and innovative future whilst growing your strategic and operational consulting skills? Deloitte is the place for you.

What will your typical day look like?  

As a Forward Deployed Engineer – Front end in the Optimal Reality team you will design and support effective delivery capability across Deloitte to implement Optimal Reality to solve challenging client problems

• Develop, test, and maintain responsive front-end applications that visualize digital twin data, simulations, and agentic AI insights.
• Integrate with back-end APIs and streaming data sources to create real-time, interactive interfaces.
• Build dynamic dashboards, geospatial maps, and simulation controls using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Vue).
• Collaborate closely with UX designers, AI engineers, digital twin modelers, and solution architects to implement user-centric designs.
• Optimize application performance for large-scale datasets and 3D/temporal visualizations (e.g., Cesium WebGL).
• Implement agentic AI interaction models in the UI (e.g., conversational agents, autonomous scenario testing, decision suggestions).
• Contribute to design standards and reusable component libraries for the Optimal Reality platform.
• Participate in client workshops, agile ceremonies, and user testing to continuously improve the solution.
• Translate complex technical concepts into intuitive visual experiences that support critical decision-making.

About the team:
Optimal Reality is Deloitte’s advanced Digital Twin platform. We help organisations in asset intensive industries to use data and digital technologies to visualise, understand, control and optimise their network-based operations in real time.  Being part of the Optimal Reality team is a unique opportunity to be part of an outstanding team creating a world-class technology platform delivering solutions for clients in Australia and beyond. 

We ingest multiple data sources, processing millions of messages an hour and present this in real time to operators to improve their decision making and ultimately make our cities smarter and lives easier. We use computer vision and other AI/ML to improve our understanding of what's happening and we use simulation and prediction techniques to optimise for the best possible outcome.

Our back end languages include Golang, Julia and Python. We use GraphQL in the BFF layer and our front end applications are built with React and Javascript and uses DeckGL. We're a full stack team with skills across front end, back end, data and devops.

Obsessed with speed, and grounded in Formula One thinking, we have a clear focus on finding new and better ways of ingesting, processing, and predicting, live data to create smarter and greener cities through digital twins of transport networks, new energy systems and across supply chains - building applications to help operational staff to improve their ability to collaborate, and make the best decisions to optimally control the network.

Our team is smart, passionate, loves what they do and has fun while they do it. An amazing opportunity to make an impact that matters with high profile clients - be a part of one of the fastest growing teams.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you. 

You are a highly motivated individual with: 

Essential skills:

• 3+ years experience in front-end development with strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3.
• Experience with React (preferred) including component-based architectures and state management
• Experience working with RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and real-time data updates.
• Understanding of data visualization libraries (e.g., D3.js, Chart.js) and/or spatial visualization tools (e.g., Mapbox, Leaflet).
• Ability to collaborate in agile cross-functional teams and adapt in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Familiarity with design systems and UI/UX best practices.
• Familiarity with enterprise DevOps pipelines (CI/CD), testing frameworks and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Comfortable translating user requirements into functional front-end features with a focus on usability and performance.
• Have or be eligible for AGSVA baseline clearance

Desirable skills:

• Exposure to digital twin platforms (e.g., Optimal Reality, Unity Reflect, Azure Digital Twins, Siemens, or similar).
• Experience with 3D rendering in the browser using WebGL, Babylon.js, or CesiumJS.
• Understanding of agentic AI principles and integrating AI assistants or automation into UI workflows.
• Knowledge of industry-specific challenges in sectors such as transport, energy, mining, or manufacturing

Why Deloitte?   

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.   

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.  

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments. 

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.  

Next Steps  

Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you!  

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.