AI Native Engineer at Cayuse Holdings
Frankfort, KY
$70–$100/hrfrom the description
Aug 4, 2026
Frankfort, KY
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract software engineering role focused on building AI-native features, agents, and integrations using Claude Code and agentic tooling within a defined architecture. Day-to-day work spans full-stack development (React/TypeScript front end, Python back end), AWS serverless infrastructure, and harness components such as retrieval, tool invocation, evaluation, and observability. Suited to a hands-on builder comfortable working under senior review in a remote, PST-timezone-overlapping team.
Mid level · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,400 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,000–12,500
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 5, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is titled 'AI Native Engineer' with a parenthetical of 'Context Engineer / Harness Engineer' — no seniority level appears in the title, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The description places the engineer under senior/principal review, indicating a mid-level scope.
Claude Code is listed as the primary agentic tool; the posting also accepts 'comparable agentic tooling,' but Claude Code is the named gate. No alternatives are named explicitly.
All technologies appear in a single undifferentiated 'Tech:' qualifications block with no preferred/nice-to-have separation, so all are treated as hard requirements.
The posting is fully remote but requires at least 5 hours of timezone overlap with PST (8am–6pm). No US state is specified; the CBSA is left blank accordingly.
Contract is 1099/C2C, 6–8 months, renewable — classified as Contract employment type.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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