Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Forward Deployed Engineer owning client accounts and delivering production AI solutions. Caylent helps organizations modernize technology and build intelligent products with AWS and Anthropic Claude.

Responsibilities

  • Own the full client relationship from discovery through close
  • Make architecture and build decisions appropriate to client environments and constraints
  • Run discovery, architecture reviews, and stakeholder interviews independently
  • Translate ambiguous problems into scoped, deliverable work
  • Identify and manage scope creep and surface risks early
  • Identify and surface expansion opportunities
  • Transfer lasting capability through documented, runnable, maintainable software or automations
  • Contribute patterns, templates, and reusable components back to the practice after every engagement
  • Scope, architect, build, and close production-grade AI engagements
  • Run technical or operational AI delivery engagements, depending on specialization

Requirements

  • 5+ years of engineering or technical delivery experience with meaningful time in embedded or client-facing contexts
  • Proven solo account delivery: evidence you've owned a client relationship from kickoff through close without supervision
  • Hands-on depth in one or more of: LLM application development, cloud-native architecture (AWS preferred), backend systems at scale, or enterprise business automation
  • Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions and manage your own delivery quality inside client environments
  • Strong communicator: technically precise with engineers, clear and confident with VP-level leadership; adjusts depth without losing accuracy
  • High tolerance for ambiguity; consistently delivers value before all requirements are defined
  • Current legal authorization to work in Canada; Caylent is unable to provide visa sponsorship
  • Preferred: experience building production AI systems, including RAG pipelines, agents, fine-tuned models, or LLM-native applications
  • Preferred: hands-on experience with Claude, AWS Bedrock, or equivalent, including model parameters, prompt architecture, and tool use
  • Preferred: background in consulting, systems integration, or professional services
  • Preferred: familiarity with SOW-based delivery and scope management
  • Preferred: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, or equivalent certification
  • Operational preferred: management consulting, enterprise SaaS implementation, or deep business-function experience
  • Operational preferred: experience designing and running AI enablement programs for non-technical audiences
  • Operational preferred: hands-on experience with Zapier, Power Automate, Airtable, Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise systems
  • Operational preferred: cross-functional experience across Finance, Legal, and Operations

Benefits

  • 100% remote work
  • Equitable Life - Hybrid Plan
  • 100% Premium Coverage for the employee and dependents
  • Competitive phantom equity
  • Long-Term Disability
  • 4% Pension match (employer contribution)
  • Unlimited Vacations
  • Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid for exams and certifications
  • Peer bonus awards
  • State of the art laptop and tools
  • Equipment & Office Stipend
  • Individual professional development plan
  • Annual stipend for Learning and Development
  • Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture
  • Up to 50% travel, depending on business needs

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$150,000 - CA$235,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

AWSCloudServiceNow

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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