Sr Forward Deployed Engineer

Cayuse Holdings; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 138,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Cayuse Holdings is seeking a Sr Forward Deployed Engineer to work remotely on a six-to-eight month contract. The role involves embedding with clients as a technologist, shaping architecture and solutions, and owning the design of production-ready, secure workflows.

You will bring deep AWS serverless experience, full-stack skills, and experience with Claude Code and AI-enabled tooling, with PST overlapping hours. This independent contractor position offers 1099/C2C and a 6-8 month renewable term.

Qualifications

• Proficient with English, written and spoken.
• AI-enabled and hands-on with Claude Code or comparable tooling.
• Hands-on AWS delivery experience.
• Timezone overlap with PST business hours (8am–6pm PST).

Responsibilities

• Embeds with the client as technologist and trusted advisor, partnering with business stakeholders to define and architect solutions.
• Leads design and deployment of agentic workflows that are production-ready, secure, and operational, and retains ultimate accountability for responsible system design.
• A Claude Code super-user and full-stack AWS developer, deeply engaged with the client's business, not solely the technology.
• Typically carries depth or breadth across multiple specialties.

Skills

Professional English fluency

AI-enabled tooling

Hands-on AWS delivery

Tools

AWS serverless architecture (Bedrock, Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, Cognito, DynamoDB, S3)

Terraform IaC

Full-stack React/TypeScript/Node.js

Python

Playwright

Claude Code

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Sr Forward Deployed Engineer

Location: Remote

Job Type: Independent Contract (Contractor / Non-Employee)

Start Date: ASAP

Pay Rate: $100-120/hr 1099 / C2C

Contract Length: 6-8 Months - Renewable

Sr. FDE Sets technical direction for a product pod and reasons across systems rather than a single solution.

Responsibilities

• Embeds with the client as both technologist and trusted advisor, partnering with business stakeholders to define and architect solutions.

• Leads design and deployment of agentic workflows that are production-ready, secure, and operational, and retains ultimate accountability for responsible system design.

• A Claude Code super-user and full-stack AWS developer, deeply engaged with the client's business, not solely the technology.

• Typically carries depth or breadth across multiple specialties.

Qualifications

• Tech: deep AWS serverless architecture (Bedrock, Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, Cognito, DynamoDB, S3), Terraform IaC, full-stack React / TypeScript / Node.js and Python, AI-native SDLC and harness engineering, Playwright.

• 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 $100.00 - USD $120.00 /Hr.

Location US-

ID 2026-4162

Category Information Technology

Position Type Independent Contractor

Remote Yes

Clearance Required None