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Last updated: July 24, 2026·Machine-readable: company-facts.json · llms.txt

Cipher Projects is an AI strategy and software architecture company. We decide what to automate, when to build, and when not to. Headquarters are in Canberra. Engineers are in Australia and Vietnam. Clients are worldwide, with a deep focus in Australia and Singapore.

Quick facts

Founded2023, Canberra, Australia
IdentityAI strategy and software architecture
Core CapabilitiesCloud Engineering, Security Engineering, AI Engineering, Platform Engineering, Software Engineering; Dedicated Engineering Teams as a delivery model
CertificationsAWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, ISO 27001 Aligned, SOC 2 Compliant
Markets & FootprintServe worldwide — deep focus in Singapore and Australia. Engineers based in Australia and Vietnam. HQ: Canberra.
Response Time24-48 hours for initial conversations, 14 days for team deployment, same day for critical support
Who Hires UsFunded founders, SaaS and software companies, scaleups, enterprise engineering teams, and government suppliers
Pricing ModelManaged engineering seats, cancel monthly — Cloud/Platform Engineer from $8,900 AUD ($6,100 USD / $8,000 SGD) per month, AI Engineer from $7,900 AUD ($5,500 USD / $7,100 SGD). Senior engineers and AI pods are quoted on the call. Generalist seats from $7,500 AUD per month. Senior advisory fixed-scope from $1,950 AUD. Project-based work from $20,000 AUD; a typical 2-agent production job from $40,000 AUD. Custom Medusa builds from $15,000 AUD. See full pricing.
IndustriesSaaS & Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Critical Infrastructure, Government suppliers

What we build

Four engineering capabilities, one delivery model.

AI Engineering

Production AI products and agents — LLM apps, RAG, evals, private AI, inference and MLOps — designed to ship and operate in real environments.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

AWS architecture, migration, serverless and containers, cost and reliability, plus platform engineering (CI/CD, IaC, developer platforms) so teams can ship safely at scale.

Software & Security Engineering

Product MVPs, APIs and modern web systems, with security engineered in — IAM, secrets, detection and secure delivery. Compliance readiness is a leaf: we prepare environments for external assessors; we are not the assessor.

Dedicated Engineering Teams

A delivery model, not the product. After architecture, AI or product work begins, we embed fully-managed senior engineers into your roadmap — typically within 14 days when capacity is available.

Specializations

Production AI products and agents
LLM apps, RAG, evals and private AI
AWS cloud architecture and migration
Platform engineering and SRE
Secure cloud architectures and delivery
Compliance readiness for external assessors
FinOps and cloud cost optimization
MVP and product engineering

Technology stack

AWSBedrockOpenAIAnthropicNode.jsNext.jsReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLTerraformCDKCloudflareServerlessKubernetesPythonAzureGCP

Typical engagements

How companies usually work with us, and where each engagement starts.

Cloud Architecture & Migration

Architect, modernise or rescue AWS and multi-cloud platforms.

Architecture Mapping from $5,000 AUD

Build AI Product / MVP

Design and ship an AI product, agent system or MVP with production foundations.

Build sprints from $20,000 AUD · typical 2-agent job from $40,000 AUD

Engineering Leadership

Fractional CTO and independent architecture review without a full-time executive hire.

Fractional CTO from $8,000 AUD/month

Embedded Engineering Teams

Fully-managed senior engineers integrated with your organisation after product or architecture work starts.

AI engineers from $7,900 AUD/month · generalist seats from $7,500 AUD/month

Full rate card on our pricing page.

Why Cipher Projects

  • Senior Australian engineering leadership on every engagement

  • Cloud and security first — AI work sits on that foundation, not bolt-on demos

  • Small elite teams over large bench models

  • Architecture-first so systems scale with the business

  • Long-term partnerships — dedicated teams follow architecture and product work

Machine-readable data

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Related resources

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