Caylent

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

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7 days ago
Remote, CanadaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own the full client relationship from discovery through close.
  • Make architecture and implementation decisions suited to client environments and constraints.
  • Run discovery, architecture reviews, and stakeholder interviews independently.
  • Translate ambiguous problems into scoped, deliverable work and manage scope creep and delivery risks.
  • Deliver documented, runnable, and maintainable software or automations that continue working after the engagement.
  • Identify expansion opportunities and contribute reusable patterns, templates, and components to the practice.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of engineering or technical delivery experience with meaningful embedded or client-facing experience.
  • Proven ability to independently own a client relationship from kickoff through close.
  • Hands-on depth in LLM application development, cloud-native architecture, backend systems at scale, or enterprise business automation.
  • Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions and manage delivery quality in client environments.
  • Strong communication skills with both engineers and VP-level leadership, plus a high tolerance for ambiguity.
  • Preferred experience includes production AI systems such as RAG pipelines, agents, fine-tuned models, or LLM-native applications.
  • Preferred familiarity with Claude, AWS Bedrock, model parameters, prompt architecture, and tool use.
  • Preferred background in consulting, systems integration, professional services, enterprise SaaS implementation, or AI enablement programs.
  • Preferred hands-on experience with Zapier, Power Automate, Airtable, Salesforce, Workday, or ServiceNow.
  • AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional are preferred.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work.
  • Equitable Life hybrid plan and 100% premium coverage for the employee and dependents.
  • Competitive phantom equity, 4% employer pension match, long-term disability, sick leave, paid holidays, parental leave, and unlimited vacation.
  • Paid exams and certifications, peer bonus awards, professional development planning, and annual learning and development stipend.
  • State-of-the-art laptop, tools, and equipment and office stipend.
  • The role may require up to 50% travel depending on business needs.

Tech Stack

Categories

Forward Deployed
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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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