Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Cadre AI is an AI strategy and integration firm that builds production AI systems for B2B companies in private equity, wholesale lending, real estate, and SaaS. We don’t build decks about what AI could do. We ship systems that move revenue, compress costs, and automate the work that used to take entire teams. Please proceed to our careers page and apply via our website.

The Role

The Forward Deployed AI Engineer is a critical role at Cadre AI. 
You are the person in the room with the client, the person writing the code, and the person architecting the system.

 There is no handoff between “strategy” and “execution.” You own both.

You will embed directly with our clients to understand their operations, identify the highest-leverage AI opportunities, and then build and ship production systems that deliver measurable results. One week you might be designing an LLM pipeline that processes financial documents. The next, you’re standing up a voice agent for a construction company or building a revenue operations engine for a hardware manufacturer scaling globally.

This role is AI-first in how you work, not just what you build. You use Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and whatever tools let you ship quality code at a pace that would be impossible without them. Speed and quality are not tradeoffs here. They’re both the expectation.

• Real ownership.  You will not be writing tickets for someone else to build. You scope it, build it, ship it, and see the impact with your own eyes
• Variety and velocity.  Every engagement is a different industry, a different problem, and a new chance to build something that matters. You won’t get bored
• AI-native culture.  We don’t just build AI for clients. We use it to run our own operations. You’ll work with people who are as obsessed with the tools as you are
• Access to the frontier.  Through our partnerships with Anthropic, OpenAI, and YC, you’ll be among the first to experiment with new models and capabilities
• Upside.  We’re a bootstrapped, profitable, fast-growing company. Early team members share in the success they help create
• No bureaucracy.  Small pods. Clear accountability. The best idea wins, regardless of who says it

Cadre AI is building the future of how companies adopt and operate AI. We believe the best AI systems come from engineers who understand both the technology and the business it serves. If that’s how you think, we want to talk.

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $100,000 – $140,000 per year.