Senior Forward Deployed Engineer: AI/Cloud, Onsite NYC/SF

F5 Remote Jobs; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401k with company match

Phantom equity

Company laptop

Dental and Vision insurance

Term Disability Insurance

Term Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Equipment & Office Stipend

Learning and Development stipend

Unlimited Paid Time Off

10 Paid Holidays

Job summary

Caylent is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to own full client engagements from discovery to close, based onsite in New York City or San Francisco. You’ll architect, build, and deliver ambitious AI-enabled solutions with minimal oversight.

You will lead solo engagements across AWS, LLM apps, and enterprise automation, managing scope, risk, and expansion while transferring reusable IP back to the practice. This role rewards autonomy and deep technical leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering or technical delivery experience.
• Proven solo account delivery from kickoff through close.
• Hands-on depth in one or more of: LLM app development, cloud-native architecture, backend systems, or enterprise automation.
• Independent technical decision-making in client environments.
• Strong communicator with engineers and VP-level leadership; adaptable.
• High tolerance for ambiguity; delivers value early.

Responsibilities

• Own the full client relationship on your account from discovery through close.
• Make architecture and build decisions appropriate to the client's environment and constraints.
• Run discovery, architecture reviews, and stakeholder interviews independently.
• Identify scope creep and surface expansion opportunities; manage risks.
• Transfer capability that lasts: documented, runnable, maintainable software or automations.
• Contribute IP back to the practice: patterns, templates, reusable components.

Skills

Engineering experience

LLM development

AWS architecture

Backend systems

Enterprise automation

Tools

Claude

AWS Bedrock

Zapier

Power Automate

Airtable

Salesforce

Workday

ServiceNow

Job description

Caylent is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to own full client engagements from discovery to close, based onsite in New York City or San Francisco. You’ll architect, build, and deliver ambitious AI-enabled solutions with minimal oversight.

You will lead solo engagements across AWS, LLM apps, and enterprise automation, managing scope, risk, and expansion while transferring reusable IP back to the practice. This role rewards autonomy and deep technical leadership.