Who we are, on the record.
Everything you need to know about Cipher Projects—who we are, what we build, and how we work with founders and engineering teams.
Last updated: July 24, 2026·Machine-readable: company-facts.json · llms.txt
Cipher Projects is an Australian AI engineering studio that designs, builds and scales modern software systems. We combine senior Australian engineering leadership with AI-native development, AWS cloud expertise and embedded engineering teams to help funded startups, SaaS companies and enterprise engineering teams deliver ambitious products faster. We serve clients worldwide, with deep focus in Singapore and Australia; our engineers are based in Australia and Vietnam.
Quick facts
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
Technology stack
Typical engagements
How companies usually work with us, and where each engagement starts.
Build AI Product / MVP
Design and ship an AI product, agent system or MVP with production foundations.
Fixed-price build sprints from $20,000 AUD
Cloud Architecture & Migration
Architect, modernise or rescue AWS and multi-cloud platforms.
Architecture Mapping from $5,000 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.
From $7,500 AUD/month per engineer
Full rate card on our pricing page.
Why Cipher Projects
Senior Australian engineering leadership on every engagement
AI-native development — products and agents built for production, 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
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