Cadre AI

Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer

We captured this posting once, on 2026-08-05, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
Cadre AI
Location
San Diego, CA
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked for
8+ years
Pay band
$165K – $200K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-07-21 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-08-05 — when we saved this copy

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Skills the posting named

llm orchestrationevaluationembeddingsvector searchagent orchestration frameworkstechnical leadershipmentoringengineering managementcode reviewpair programmingarchitecture decisionsproblem framing

From the posting

Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer San Diego, CA Hybrid Full-Time About Cadre AI 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 do not 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. The Role As Staff AI Engineer, you are the technical leader and backbone of Cadre's San Diego engineering team. At this level, your job is no longer just what you build; it is making sure every engineer around you builds better. You mentor and manage engineers, set the standard for how the team designs, reviews, and ships AI systems, and own their growth as deliberately as you own your own code. You pair that leadership with serious technical depth. …

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