Lead AI Engineer, Agentic Systems

Catalyst·Wayfare AI | Lead AI Engineer + Agent Builders | Remote (US) | Full-time + Contract | https://www.catalystwayfare.ai/careers We build and ship production AI systems for mid-market enterprises in regulated and technical domains — finance, energy, industrials, healthcare. We do not stop at PowerPoint AI strategy. We ship working systems alongside our clients' engineering teams. Small teams, deep expertise, real autonomy on real work. Hiring: [1] Lead AI Engineer, Agentic Systems — Technical lead for multi-agent systems embedded in core workflows of engineering-savvy clients. Architect the engine; design the patterns we replicate going forward. 6+ yrs eng, 2+ yrs shipping LLM/agentic systems in production. Strong Python; opinions on agent frameworks, experience integrating production AI systems into enterprise IT environments. Monthly US travel to a major metro. Full-time. https://catalystwayfare.ai/jd-lead [2] AI Engineer, Agent Builder — Hands-on full-stack builder. End-to-end ownership of individual capability agents — prompts, tools, retrieval, evals, monitoring, and interface contracts. 3–5 yrs strong Python, real production LLM API experience, shipped multiple systems end-to-end. FTE or 1099 contract ~30–40 hrs/wk. Occasional US travel. https://catalystwayfare.ai/jd-builder Stack: Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, and Perplexity APIs in production; open-source models when the math points there. Claude Code / Codex with custom harnesses daily. Vercel, Neon, Sentry; GCP and AWS for client/cloud environments. Evals as first-class artifacts. Familiarity with enterprise integrations a big plus. Apply: email talent+hn@cwai.co and follow the instructions in the relevant JD. Short cover note matters more than a resume.