Caylent

Forward Deployed Engineer

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7 days ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level

Base Salary

$136k - $216k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own assigned workstreams end-to-end within larger client engagements.
  • Build and ship production-quality software and automations in client codebases and environments.
  • Contribute to discovery sessions, architecture reviews, and stakeholder interviews.
  • Translate ambiguous problems into scoped, deliverable work.
  • Surface risks and blockers and escalate decisions appropriately.
  • Document and hand off working software or automations that remain useful after the engagement.
  • Contribute at least one reusable artifact or pattern to the practice before each engagement closes.

Requirements

  • 2–4 years of software engineering, technical delivery, or business systems experience.
  • Ability to self-direct assigned work, manage priorities, and maintain delivery quality without daily oversight.
  • Hands-on experience in LLM application development, cloud-native development, backend engineering, or business automation tooling.
  • Strong communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders.
  • Ability to work effectively with ambiguity and begin delivery before all requirements are defined.
  • Preferred: experience with LLM APIs such as Claude or AWS Bedrock, prompt architecture, tool use, or basic agent patterns.
  • Preferred: familiarity with AWS, cloud-native development, containerization, or backend systems.
  • Preferred: rapid prototyping experience and a background in consulting, systems integration, or professional services.
  • Operational preferred: deep fluency in a business function and hands-on experience with business automation or enterprise systems.
  • Preferred: experience supporting AI or digital adoption programs for non-technical audiences.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work arrangement across Canada, the United States, and Latin America.
  • May require up to 50% travel depending on business needs.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees and dependents.
  • 401(k) plan with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting.
  • Competitive phantom equity.
  • Company-issued laptop and equipment and office stipend.
  • Term disability and life insurance.
  • Flexible Spending Account.
  • Annual learning and development stipend.
  • Unlimited paid time off and 10 paid holidays.

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Forward Deployed
Caylent

About Caylent

501-1,000 employees

Caylent provides cloud and AI consulting and managed services for organizations building on AWS, including migration, cloud-native application development, data and analytics, DevOps, and security. It operates as a professional services and managed services provider, with specialized work in generative and agentic AI and the Anthropic Claude ecosystem. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Caylent is privately held and backed by Gryphon Investors.

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