An AI engineer on your team,from US$5,500 a month.
Your engineer, working directly with you to build AI agents, automations and integrations. You set the priorities, direct the work and own the roadmap. Australian-led engineering. One monthly invoice.
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The problem
You need AI built. Hiring for it takes months.
A permanent AI hire means a long search and a six figure salary. You need someone building now, with someone senior checking the work.
How it works
One or more engineers assigned to build for you. Australian oversight and the flexibility to handle short and long term project engagements.
Your engineer works in your tools and repos, on the work you set. We set the technical direction, review what ships for security, and handle the management. Hours overlap with Australia and Singapore.
From US$5,500
A month, one invoice
Month to month
Flexible project length
4+ years
Running engineering teams in Vietnam
Australia · Vietnam
Australian led, delivered from Vietnam
Capabilities
What your engineer builds
Agents, automations, integrations and the cloud they run on. Whatever is next on your AI roadmap.
AI and workflow automation
Connect the tools you already use and remove the manual steps your team repeats every day.
Agents with clear limits
AI agents that work inside your systems, with an approval step on anything that sends, pays or deletes.
Security reviewed
We review what your engineer ships for access, logging and data exposure. Every agent action is on record.
Production platform
Reliable cloud hosting and monitoring on AWS or Azure, so what you build keeps running.
The gap
Freelancers are cheap to hire. Managing them is the hidden cost.
The freelancer problem
It starts with one freelancer, then three. Each one needs briefing, chasing and checking, and the management lands on you.
- Separate contracts, invoices and time zones
- You brief, chase and review every task
- What they know leaves when they do
- Nobody checks the work for security
A managed team, ready to go
One engineer or a small pod, with the management, office and setup already in place.
- One invoice and one point of contact
- A delivery manager runs the day to day
- Flexible project length
- Office, equipment and setup already in place
- Add engineers without a local hire or job search
- Work reviewed for security before it ships
How it starts
Three steps. You can stop after any of them.
Nothing starts until you know an engineer is worth it. After that, it runs month to month.
- 01
Free 30 minute call
Tell us what you want built. We tell you honestly whether an engineer is the right fit, or whether you need something smaller.
- 02
Matched to your stack
We pick an AI engineer for your stack and the work you have planned, and agree the first job with you.
- 03
Build, month to month
Your engineer starts on the first job. One invoice a month, with flexible project length.
Not ready for an engineer?
Start with a plan. The AI Assurance Audit.
A fixed scope review of the AI and systems you already run, with a written roadmap of what to build first. US$1,830, credited toward the work if you go ahead.
Selected work
Systems we have shipped, with outcomes you can measure.
Each project: what we built, and the platform it runs on.
Move faster with AIwithout giving up on security.
Industries
Who we build for
- FinanceArchitecture that puts governance and compliance first.
- HealthcarePrivate infrastructure and controlled AI access.
- SaaS and technologyPlatforms that scale across many tenants.
- EcommerceStores and order systems that hold up under load.
- LogisticsReal time automation that keeps operations running.
- EnterpriseLegacy transformation and cloud migration.
Security and compliance
Security comes with the engineer. We review what ships.
We come from defence, enterprise cloud and managed security. Every agent and automation your engineer ships gets the controls we put on cloud infrastructure.
01
Identity and access control
SSO, role based access and detailed permissions on agents and internal systems.
02
Secure deployment
Encrypted pipelines, private networking and least privilege access.
03
Audit and observability
Logging and monitoring on what your agents and workflows do, not just the infrastructure underneath.
04
Compliance programmes
Controls that line up with SOC 2 and ISO 27001, with evidence ready for your assessor. Certification is a separate third party audit.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Direct answers about how we work, what we build, and who we serve.
Managed AI engineers, month to month. Your engineer works directly with you to build AI agents, automations and integrations. You set the priorities, direct the work and own the roadmap. Australian-led engineering. Most clients start with one engineer. It generally takes 14 days to source an engineer.
From AUD $7,900 a month in Australia, SGD $7,100 in Singapore and USD $5,500 everywhere else, exclusive of tax. All payments are required up front. One invoice covers the engineer, office and equipment. Senior engineers and pods are quoted on the call.
AI agents that work inside your systems, workflow automation across sales, operations, finance and support, integrations between the tools you already use, search over your own documents, and the cloud platform it all runs on, on AWS or Azure.
You do. You set the priorities, direct the work and own the roadmap. Engineering is Australian-led.
Yes. Small businesses usually need one engineer. When the work outgrows one person, we add engineers to form a pod with a senior engineer and a delivery manager. Pods are quoted on the call because they depend on the work.
Our engineers work from Vietnam, where the working day overlaps most of the Australian business day and all of Singapore's. For teams in other time zones, we agree the overlap hours on the call.
Flexible project length, for short and long term engagements. All payments are required up front. If the engineer is not the right fit, we swap in another one.
Your engineer works in your repositories and cloud accounts, with access you grant and can remove. We review what ships for access, logging and data exposure before it goes live. You own everything they build.
What does Cipher Projects offer?
Managed AI engineers, month to month. Your engineer works directly with you to build AI agents, automations and integrations. You set the priorities, direct the work and own the roadmap. Australian-led engineering. Most clients start with one engineer. It generally takes 14 days to source an engineer.
Get started
Start with a free 30 minute call.
Tell us what you want built and what your team already runs. We will tell you whether an engineer is the right fit. We reply within 24 hours.