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Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI

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$183,997–$257,000annualizedMenlo Park, CA · Seattle, WAMenlo Park, CA +1Staff

Leads architecture and deployment of large-scale enterprise AI systems, serving as the technical bridge between Meta’s internal platform teams and enterprise engineering partners.

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At a glance

Posted base pay

$184K–$257KLevel with the median

The work

Builds what the customer runs

Balance

  1. Mostly building
  2. Mixed
  3. Mostly pre-sales or support

Project stages

  1. Pre-sales (not covered)
  2. Proof of concept (not covered)
  3. Implementation
  4. Operations
Coding
Writes production code
Builds for
Both
Level
Staff+
Role
Technical lead

What they ask for

Experience

  • 8+ yearsprogramming experience in a relevant language
  • 4+ yearsexperience with a PhD, as an alternative to the programming-experience requirement

Background

  • Software engineering

Tools

  • GenAI
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • ML frameworks
  • distributed storage
  • prompt/context engineering
  • agent orchestration
  • automated AI evaluation

Less common in FDE jobs

  • Who you build for: Both9%
  • Responsibility level: Staff+17%
  • Company stage: Public33%
  • Company size: About 5,000+ people38%

Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.

What you’ll do

  • Architect and roll out secure, scalable enterprise AI deployments.
  • Integrate Meta AI platforms with client infrastructure, including CRMs and data warehouses.
  • Translate field deployment challenges into product and platform roadmap decisions.
  • Set deployment patterns, tooling, and engineering standards; mentor engineers.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of programming experience, or 4+ years with a PhD.
  • Experience architecting large-scale software systems and production AI applications.
  • Experience scaling GenAI infrastructure across major cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.

About Meta

Global social platform and advertising business (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) expanding into AI agents, metaverse infrastructure, and cloud compute.

Public · 5000+ people

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Pay and conditions

Posted pay
$183,997–$257,000Annualized in US dollars
Pay details

$183,997/year to $257,000/year (US); bonus and equity eligible

Location
Menlo Park, CA · Seattle, WA
Experience requirements
  • 8+ years: programming experience in a relevant language (required)
  • 4+ years: experience with a PhD, as an alternative to the programming-experience requirement (required)

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