Catalyst·Wayfare AI | Lead AI Engineer + Agent Builders
Location: Remote (US)
Type: Full-time + Contract
Source: Hacker News
About Us
We build and ship production AI systems for mid-market enterprises in regulated and technical domains—finance, energy, industrials, and healthcare. We do not stop at PowerPoint AI strategy; we ship working systems alongside our clients' engineering teams. We offer small teams, deep expertise, and real autonomy on real work.
Open Positions
1. Lead AI Engineer, Agentic Systems
Technical lead for multi-agent systems embedded in the core workflows of engineering-savvy clients. You will architect the engine and design the patterns we replicate going forward.
- Requirements:
- 6+ years of engineering experience.
- 2+ years shipping LLM/agentic systems in production.
- Strong Python skills.
- Opinions on agent frameworks and experience integrating production AI systems into enterprise IT environments.
- Logistics: Full-time; requires monthly US travel to a major metro.
- Apply: View Job Description
2. AI Engineer, Agent Builder
Hands-on full-stack builder. You will have end-to-end ownership of individual capability agents, including prompts, tools, retrieval, evals, monitoring, and interface contracts.
- Requirements:
- 3–5 years of strong Python experience.
- Real production LLM API experience.
- Proven track record of shipping multiple systems end-to-end.
- Logistics: FTE or 1099 contract (~30–40 hrs/wk); requires occasional US travel.
- Apply: View Job Description
Our Tech Stack
- Models: Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, and Perplexity APIs in production; open-source models when the math points there.
- Tools: Claude Code / Codex with custom harnesses daily.
- Infrastructure: Vercel, Neon, Sentry; GCP and AWS for client/cloud environments.
- Methodology: Evals as first-class artifacts. Familiarity with enterprise integrations is a big plus.
How to Apply
Email talent+hn@cwai.co and follow the instructions in the relevant JD.
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