AI Native Engineer

Cayuse Holdings; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Cayuse Holdings is seeking an AI Native Engineer to implement features, agents, skills, and MCP integrations using Claude Code, operating within a framework guided by senior engineers.

The role is a remote, independent contractor position for 6-8 months with renewal, offering $70–100 per hour on a 1099/C2C basis and requiring hands-on AWS delivery experience in a PST overlap schedule.

Qualifications

• Hands-on with Claude Code or similar agentic tooling.
• Professional English fluency, written and verbal.
• Timezone overlap of at least 5 hours with PST working hours (8am–6pm PST).
• Hands-on AWS delivery for engineering roles.

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains harness components (retrieval, tool invocation, evaluation, observability) under review, and contributes improvements back to the shared base harness.
• Works through architecture- and systems-level problems under senior review as the path to progression.

Skills

React TS JS

Python

AWS Lambda

DynamoDB

Terraform

Playwright

Azure DevOps

Claude Code

English fluency

Tools

Claude Code

Playwright

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

AI Native Engineer (Context Engineer / Harness Engineer) A hands-on builder who implements features, agents, skills, and MCP integrations using Claude Code, working within an architecture defined by senior and principal engineers.

Job Title:

AI Native Engineer

Location:

Remote

Job Type:

Independent Contract (Contractor / Non-Employee)

Start Date:

ASAP

Pay Rate:

$70-100/hr 1099 / C2C

Contract Length:

6-8 Months - Renewable

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains harness components (retrieval, tool invocation, evaluation, observability) under review, and contributes improvements back to the shared base harness.
• Works through architecture- and systems-level problems under senior review as the path to progression.

Qualifications

• Tech: Claude Code, React / TypeScript / JavaScript / Node.js front end, Python and backend data engineering, AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, Step Functions, API Gateway, Bedrock), Terraform, Playwright, Azure DevOps.
• Professional English fluency, written and verbal.
• AI-enabled and hands-on with Claude Code (or comparable agentic tooling).
• Timezone overlap of at least 5 hours with PST working hours (8am–6pm PST).
• Hands-on AWS delivery is required for the engineering roles

Pay Range

USD $70.00 - USD $100.00 /Hr.

Location

US-

ID

2026-4161

Category

Information Technology

Position Type

Independent Contractor

Remote

Yes

Clearance Required

None