Job description
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.
Pay Range
USD $100.00 - USD $120.00 /Hr.Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.