Forward Deployed Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of assigned workstreams from start to finish within a broader engagement.

• Develop and implement solutions within client codebases and environments.

• Participate in discovery sessions, architecture reviews, and stakeholder interviews in collaboration with senior FDEs.

• Convert unclear issues into well-defined, actionable tasks.

• Identify risks and obstacles proactively and escalate them deliberately when decisions exceed the project's scope.

• Document and transfer functioning software or automation tools that operate independently after the engagement concludes.

• Deliver at least one reusable artifact or pattern back to the practice before the conclusion of each engagement.

• Integrate into client organizations’ standups, codebases, and architectural decision-making processes.

• Aim for a track record of independence and eventual solo account management.

⛳️ Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in software engineering, technical delivery, or business systems.

• Proven ability to self-manage within the assigned scope — prioritizing tasks, managing time, and ensuring delivery quality without daily supervision.

• Practical experience in one or more areas: LLM application development, cloud-native development, backend engineering, or business automation tools.

• Excellent communicator: clear and precise with engineers, relatable and trustworthy with business stakeholders.

• High adaptability to ambiguity; begins delivering results prior to the complete definition of every requirement.

• Must have current legal authorization to work in the country where this position is based; Caylent is unable to sponsor visa or work permit applications.

• Preferred: hands-on experience with LLM APIs (Claude, AWS Bedrock, or similar), prompt architecture, tool utilization, and basic agent patterns.

• Preferred: knowledge of cloud-native development, AWS, containerization, or backend systems.

• Preferred: experience in rapid prototyping.

• Preferred: background in a consulting firm, systems integrator, or professional services setting.

• Operationally preferred: deep expertise in at least one business function: Finance, HR, Legal, Sales Ops, Supply Chain, or Manufacturing.

• Operationally preferred: hands-on experience with tools such as Zapier, Power Automate, Airtable, or similar business automation technologies.

• Operationally preferred: familiarity with enterprise systems like Salesforce, Oracle, D365, Workday, ServiceNow, or equivalent.

• Operationally preferred: experience supporting AI or digital adoption initiatives for non-technical audiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance for you and eligible dependents.

• 401k plan with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting.

• Competitive phantom equity.

• Company-issued laptop.

• Dental and vision insurance.

• Term disability and life insurance.

• Flexible Spending Account.

• Equipment and office stipend.

• Annual stipend for learning and development.

• Unlimited paid time off.

• 10 paid holidays.