Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Posted pay: $265,000
22 jobs
Companies hiring forward deployed engineers
87 companies · 195 jobs
Traits compare an employer’s postings against all US FDE postings. Chips mark employers with 5 or more postings whose share differs clearly from the average.
Trait · Less travel than most
Production code
Postings that involve writing production code
Customer contact
Work done for people outside the company
Pre-sales
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
Seniority
Senior-level responsibility or above
Remote
Postings that allow remote work
Travel
How often postings mention travel
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Doss
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI-native ERP and operations cloud
Writes less production code than mostLess travel than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Posted pay: $165,000
7 jobs
Liberate
Growth · Insurance voice agents
Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most
Major job locations: Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · Berkeley, CA ·
Posted pay: $160,000
7 jobs
Nooks
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Sales dialer / SDR)
Less travel than mostWorks with outside customers more than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: $258,000
6 jobs
Cognition AI
Growth · AI / Coding Agents
Fewer remote roles than mostWorks with outside customers more than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC
Posted pay: —
5 jobs
Major job locations: San Mateo, CA
Posted pay: $230,000
5 jobs
HappyRobot
Growth · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI Agents (Voice, Operations, Logistics)
Less travel than mostFewer remote roles than most
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL ·
Posted pay: $170,000
5 jobs
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: $330,000
5 jobs
Serval
Growth · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI software (ITSM and workflow automation)
Less pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Santa Clara, CA
Posted pay: $215,000
5 jobs
TENEX.AI
Growth · AI-native managed detection and response (MDR) / cybersecurity
Less travel than mostWrites less production code than most
Major job locations: Kansas City, MO · Sarasota, FL · Overland Park, KS · +1 ·
Posted pay: —
5 jobs
trmlabs
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Blockchain intelligence / financial crime & national security
More remote roles than mostWrites less production code than most
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
5 jobs
Netic
Growth · About 1–50 people · AI / Vertical SaaS (essential & home services)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
4 jobs
Tabs
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Fintech / B2B Revenue Automation
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: $138,000
4 jobs
Writer
Growth · AI / Enterprise Generative AI Platform
Major job locations: Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 ·
Posted pay: $158,000
4 jobs
Assort Health
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare AI / patient access automation
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: $215,000
3 jobs
Hebbia
Growth · AI / Finance + Knowledge
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: $213,000
3 jobs
Kognitos
Growth · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI / Hyperautomation
Major job locations: Mountain View, CA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
Mixpanel
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Product & Digital Analytics
Major job locations: Remote (US) · Remote (New York, NY)
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
Orb
Growth · About 51–200 people · Fintech Infra / Usage-Based Billing
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Posted pay: $193,000
3 jobs
Rain
Growth · About 51–200 people · Fintech / Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: $185,000
3 jobs
True Anomaly
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Defense tech / space superiority and space domain awareness
Major job locations: Denver, CO · Long Beach, CA
Posted pay: $238,000
3 jobs
Air Space Intelligence
Growth · Defense/airline AI
Major job locations: HI · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Attio
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI-native CRM / GTM software
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Basis AI
Growth · AI / Accounting Automation
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Etched
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Inference Chips
Major job locations: San Jose, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Goodfire AI
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Safety / Mechanistic Interpretability
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Hightouch
Growth · Customer data infrastructure + agentic marketing software
Major job locations: Remote (New York, NY) · Remote (San Francisco, CA) · Remote (US) ·
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Interface AI
Growth · Banking AI agents
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Maven AGI
Growth · Enterprise AI
Major job locations: Boston, MA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Modal
Growth · AI Infra
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Netomi
Growth · Customer Support AI
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Nitra
Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare fintech
Major job locations: New York, NY · Washington, DC
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Observe.AI
Growth · AI / Contact Center
Major job locations: Redwood City, CA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Parafin
Growth · About 51–200 people · Fintech Infra / Embedded Lending
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Prime Intellect
Growth · AI Infrastructure & Training Compute
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Profound
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · AI search / marketing technology (Answer Engine Optimization)
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Reducto
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI / Document Intelligence
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Rogo
Growth · AI analyst for finance
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Tavus
Growth · Human computing / real-time conversational video AI
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Tennr
Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI / Workflow Automation
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
9fin
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · fintech / debt-capital-markets data & analytics
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Aikido Security
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Developer Security / Application Security
Major job locations: Chicago, IL
Posted pay: —
1 job
AKASA
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare AI (revenue cycle automation)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Alchemy
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Crypto Developer Infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Anrok
Growth · About 51–200 people · Fintech / Tax Compliance Automation
Major job locations: New York, NY · Salt Lake City, UT · San Francisco, CA ·
Posted pay: —
1 job
Antora Energy
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Thermal Energy Storage / Industrial Decarbonization
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Arize AI
Growth · AI/LLM observability and evaluation
Major job locations: Remote (San Francisco, CA)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Armada
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Defense Tech / Edge AI Infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Assembled
Growth · About 51–200 people · Customer support / contact center software (AI + workforce management)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
AssemblyAI
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Brightwheel
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Early Childhood Education SaaS / Childcare Management / Payments
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Candid Health
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare revenue cycle automation
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Cerebras Systems
Growth · AI infrastructure / semiconductor
Major job locations: Sunnyvale, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Chai Discovery
Growth · AI for molecule design
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Charlie Health
Growth · About 1,001–5,000 people · Digital Health / Behavioral Health
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
ClickUp
Growth · About 1,001–5,000 people · Productivity / AI Workspace
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Coder
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Development Infrastructure / Cloud Dev Environments
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
CodeRabbit
Growth · About 51–200 people · Dev Tools (AI Code Review)
Major job locations: Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
David AI
Growth · About 1–50 people · AI / Data Infrastructure (audio & speech datasets)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Fiddler AI
Growth · AI observability and security
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Finch
Growth · About 51–200 people · Employment Data API / Payroll Infrastructure
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Forus
Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI / digital health infrastructure
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Gamma
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Productivity / Visual storytelling
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
GenLogs
Growth · About 51–200 people · Freight intelligence / logistics data
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Lovable
Growth · About 51–200 people · Consumer AI / App Builder
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Mesh Payments
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Corporate Cards / Spend Management
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Middesk
Growth · About 51–200 people · Fintech Infra / Business Verification (KYB)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Muon Space
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · space systems
Major job locations: San Jose, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Norm AI
Growth · Legal/compliance AI
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Opal Security
Growth · About 51–200 people · Identity & Access Management
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Parallel Web Systems
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Web Infrastructure
Major job locations: Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Physical Intelligence
Growth · About 51–200 people · Robotics Foundation Models
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Positron
Growth · About 1–50 people · AI inference hardware / semiconductors
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
recall.ai
Growth · About 1–50 people · AI infrastructure / developer API
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Reka AI
Growth · AI / Foundation Models
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Render
Growth · About 51–200 people · Dev Tools (Cloud App Platform)
Major job locations: Remote (San Francisco, CA)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Sardine
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Fintech / Fraud & Compliance
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Striim
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · real-time data integration and streaming analytics
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Suno
Growth · AI / Music Generation
Major job locations: Boston, MA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Tailscale
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Zero-trust networking / secure connectivity
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Together AI
Growth · AI Infra
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Typeface
Growth · About 51–200 people · Marketing AI / Generative Content
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Unstructured
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Warp
Growth · Agentic Development / Developer Tools
Major job locations: Remote (New York, NY) · Remote (San Francisco, CA)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Waymo
Growth · Autonomous driving
Major job locations: Mountain View, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Wealth.com
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · WealthTech / Estate Planning / Tax Planning AI
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Workstream
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · HR Tech / Workforce Management
Major job locations: Lehi, UT
Posted pay: —
1 job
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