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# Forward Deployed Engineer

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0a8a558662ad1d32

Replit posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in Foster City, CA, at $180,000–$300,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds with strategic enterprise customers to architect, build, integrate, and deploy production applications and AI-powered workflows on Replit. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026.

- [Replit](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/replit)

Posted Aug 24, 2026 by Replit · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026

**$180,000–$300,000** + equity Foster City, CA Hybrid Full-time

Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds with strategic enterprise customers to architect, build, integrate, and deploy production applications and AI-powered workflows on Replit.

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## At a glance

### Posted base pay

$180K–$300K Above the median

Midpoint $240K · median $190K

This job $180K to $300K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K.

### The work

Builds what the customer runs

Balance **Mostly building**

Project stages

1. Pre-sales (not covered)
2. Proof of concept
3. Implementation
4. Operations

- **Coding**: Writes production code

- **Builds for**: External customers

- **Level**: Senior

- **Role**: Technical lead

### What they ask for

Experience

- **5+ years** software engineering experience building and deploying production software

Background

- **Software engineering**

### Do you meet what the posting states?

The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have?

The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now?

The job is in Foster City, CA. Could you work there?

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## Conditions

- **Location**: Foster City, CA

- **Work arrangement**: Hybrid

- **Employment type**: Full-time

- **Pay**:

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## The job description from Replit

Posted by Replit on Aug 24, 2026

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.

### About the role

Join our FDE team and work directly with some of the world's largest organizations to turn their most ambitious ideas into production applications on Replit. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll partner closely with customers to understand their technical and business needs, architect solutions, and build the integrations and applications required to deploy Replit successfully within complex enterprise environments.

This is a deeply technical and hands-on role. You won’t just advise customers on what to build—you’ll build alongside them. You’ll take applications from initial idea and prototype through deployment and production, navigate complex enterprise environments, and solve the technical challenges that emerge when AI-powered software development meets real-world infrastructure, data, security, and organizational constraints.

### You will

- **Build with Customers:** Embed with strategic enterprise customers to design and build high-impact applications and AI-powered workflows on Replit, taking projects from initial concept through production deployment.
- **Architect Enterprise Solutions:** Design secure, scalable architectures that connect Replit with customers’ existing systems, data, APIs, identity providers, and infrastructure.
- **Integrate** with the customer's stack: SSO, data warehouses, internal APIs, and SaaS systems.
- **Own Technical Deployments:** Serve as the technical owner for complex enterprise implementations, identifying blockers, debugging issues, and driving projects through to successful production adoption.
- **Bridge Customers and Product:** Develop a deep understanding of how enterprises use Replit and translate field insights, technical constraints, and recurring customer needs into actionable feedback for Replit’s product and engineering teams.
- **Collaborate** closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering teams to deliver high-quality experiences
- **Ship quickly** and iterate based on customer feedback and usage data
- **Turn field patterns into templates, playbooks, and product requirements. **Ship the best patterns back to the platform.

### Required skills and experience

- 5+ years of software engineering experience building and deploying production software
- Strong programming skills and the ability to quickly understand and work across unfamiliar codebases, APIs, and technical environments
- Hands-on work with LLM applications in production: retrieval, tool calls, and evals.
- Experience designing and owning complex technical systems from architecture through production
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments and independently drive technical projects to completion
- Strong technical communication skills and experience working directly with customers, partners, or cross-functional stakeholders
- Ability to translate business requirements and customer problems into pragmatic technical solutions

### Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Sales Engineering, consulting, or another highly technical customer-facing role
- Experience building and deploying AI-powered applications, agents, or developer tools
- Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, application deployment, databases, APIs, authentication, and enterprise integration patterns
- Experience integrating software into complex enterprise environments, including identity and access management, internal data sources, APIs, and existing developer infrastructure

### Full-Time Employee Benefits Include

💰 Competitive Salary & Equity

💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (*US Only*)

⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability

🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave

🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays

🚗 Commuter Benefits (*In-Office & US Only*)

📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend

🧑💻 Autonomous Work Environment

🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (*In-Office Only*)

🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings

☕ In Office Amenities (*In-Office Only*)

### Want to learn more about what we are up to?

- Self-driving Company
- Replit Agent at Scale
- AI Adoption
- Build Open-Source Apps

### Interviewing + Culture at Replit

- Operating Principles
- Reasons not to work at Replit

To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.

[View posting at Replit](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/replit/9a56d0ac-db44-4dc1-b960-2364557bf4c8/application)

## About Replit

Agentic software creation platform letting anyone build and deploy full-stack apps from natural language in the browser.

Series D · 200–500 people

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