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Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
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Consultant - Forward Deployed AI Engineer
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Pay not postedBoston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1
A hands-on forward deployed AI engineering consultant who works directly with clients to translate business problems into AI solutions.
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View posting at Arthur D. LittleAt a glance
Posted base pay
Not posted
Median $188K
Typical senior FDE payMiddle 50% of 1,802 postings$160K–$218KThe work
Builds what the customer runs
Balance
- Mostly building
- Mixed
- Mostly pre-sales or support
Project stages
- Pre-sales (not covered)
- Proof of concept
- Implementation
- Operations (not covered)
- Coding
- Writes production code
- Builds for
- External customers
- Level
- Senior
- Role
- Individual contributor
What they ask for
Experience
Background
Tools
Less common in FDE jobs
- Covers proofs of concept39%
Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.
What you’ll do
- Translate client business problems into technical solutions.
- Prototype AI and machine learning applications to assess feasibility and value.
- Engineer successful prototypes into scalable, reliable production solutions.
- Integrate AI solutions with enterprise data, applications, and workflows.
What you’ll bring
- Typically 2–5 years of professional experience in AI, machine learning, software engineering, data science, or a related technical role.
- Hands-on experience building and deploying AI or machine learning solutions.
- Practical experience with large language models, AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation, and model evaluation.
- Strong programming and software engineering fundamentals, including Python, testing, version control, deployment, and monitoring.
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