Caylent is an AI-first cloud services company that helps organizations turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and a charter member of Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network, we combine deep expertise in AWS, artificial intelligence, and Anthropic’s Claude platform to help customers modernize their technology, build intelligent products, and move AI from experimentation into production.
Our capabilities span generative and agentic AI, cloud migration and modernization, cloud-native application development, data and analytics, DevOps, managed services, security and compliance, and customer experience transformation. At Caylent, our people always come first.
We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!
The Mission
We are seeking an exceptional Engineering Manager to join our growing Cloud Native Applications team. The right candidate is someone who has deep expertise in designing and building applications, creating AI-first software solutions, and is passionate about leading teams to work with our customers, partners, and colleagues to drive innovation forward.
Your mission will be to work alongside and lead Caylent’s Software Engineers, Architects, Sales, and Project Managers to deliver AWS solutions across our diverse and forward-thinking customer base. You’ll be hands-on with the latest technologies and support customers looking to bring cutting-edge ideas to market.
Your Assignment
- Manage a team of 5-8 direct reports including software engineers and architects.
- Perform people-leadership tasks including regular 1:1 meetings, performance reviews, performance management discussions, and career growth conversations to support the development and improvement of your direct reports.
- Lead software development project teams to deliver AI-first, production-ready client solutions.
- Lead and own technical requirements gathering, technical decision making, backlog generation and refinement, and all architectural decisions.
- Lead discovery sessions to gather customer requirements and formulate them into a workable backlog.
- Build architecture diagrams to document, communicate, and defend your solution design.
- Apply your expertise in AI-first software development as a hands-on, contributing member of the technical team.
- Create, automate, and refine multiple levels of AI-driven testing.
- Coach and mentor teammates, provide guidance and assistance to software engineers.
- Collaborate with project managers, peers, and leaders to navigate client, technical, and team challenges with strong conflict resolution and leadership.
- Support pre-sales efforts through scope development discussions, contract document review, and client presentations when needed.
Your Qualifications
Core Consulting Qualifications
Customer Experience
- Expertise in confidently addressing client questions and identifying gaps in requirements with proposed next steps.
- Focus on delivering clear, actionable solutions that meet client goals
Collaboration
- Facilitate alignment across stakeholders, technical priorities, and deliverables.
- Navigate differing perspectives with professionalism to ensure shared understanding and progress.
Communication
- Break down and communicate complex technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences in a clear, concise manner.
- Adapt communication style based on audience and context to improve clarity and decision-making.
Technical Qualifications
- 6+ years of proven experience in software development and AWS cloud-native systems.
- 2+ years of previous experience managing a team of technical direct reports
- Experience managing professional services engagements and cross-functional projects
- Strong background in established engineering practices and scalable architectures.
- Experience with more than one backend language such as Python, Node.js, C#, or TypeScript; and familiarity with frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, MVC, or .NET. Broad expertise is a plus, but proficiency across every technology listed is not required.
- Learning and building with AI both for productivity and for enhancing client solutions.
- Deep experience and expertise building with AWS.
- Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL).
- Experience in API integrations across applications, vendors, and cloud environments.
- Understanding of modern application architectures including event-based systems, queues, microservices.
- Desire to integrate innovative technologies into development workflow.
- Proven ability to lead a workstream and support others while contributing individually.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in a computing-related field
- Experience with: UX/UI, LLMs, AgentCore, GenAI, automated testing, CI/CD, IaC
- 100% remote work
- Flexible Time Off
- Competitive phantom equity
- Paid for exams and certifications
- Peer bonus awards
- State of the art laptop and tools
- Equipment & Office Stipend
- Individual professional development plan
- Annual stipend for Learning and Development
- Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture
NOTE: We’re unable to provide visa sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
At Caylent, we are committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools or automated systems to assist with the screening and evaluation of applications to help match candidate qualifications with job requirements.
These tools are designed to support — not replace — human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our trained recruitment professionals.
If an AI or automated tool is used during your application process, it will only be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and your information will be handled in a secure and confidential manner.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].Skills Required
- Previous experience managing a team (preferably in cloud, devops, or application development)
- Experience working with AWS or other cloud-related solutions
- Experience writing, reviewing, and deploying using multiple coding languages
- Great verbal and written communication skills
- Experience managing professional services engagements
- Enthusiasm for working in a startup environment
What We Do
Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using AWS. We are living in a software-defined world where technology is at the core of every business. To thrive in this paradigm, organizations need to empower their people and processes through technology. Caylent is uniquely positioned to fuel that engine of innovation by bringing ambitious ideas to life for our customers.
