AI Native Engineer

    $145,600 - $208,000/year
    US
    Full-Time
    Mid (3-6 yrs)
    Engineering & Development
    Posted on August 6, 2026

    Overview

    Job Title: AI Native EngineerLocation: Remote

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

    Pay Rate: $70-100/hr 1099 / C2C

    Contract Length: 6-8 Months - Renewable

    AI Native Engineer (Context Engineer / Harness Engineer) A hands-on builder who implements features, agents, skills, and MCP integrations using Claude Code, working within an architecture defined by senior and principal engineers.

    Responsibilities

    • Builds and maintains harness components (retrieval, tool invocation, evaluation, observability) under review, and contributes improvements back to the shared base harness.
    • Works through architecture- and systems-level problems under senior review as the path to progression.

    Qualifications

    • Tech: Claude Code, React / TypeScript / JavaScript / Node.js front end, Python and backend data engineering, AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, Step Functions, API Gateway, Bedrock), Terraform, Playwright, Azure DevOps.
    • 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

    Company:  Cayuse Holdings

    Tribally owned contractor providing commercial, government, and tribal solutions.
    501-1000 employees
    Software & IT Services
    HQ: United States