Sr Forward Deployed Engineer
Overview
Job Title: Sr Forward Deployed EngineerLocation: 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.