> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Evaluation Platform Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5abd9b340f0d4b8b Apple posts a staff FDE role to build for teams inside the company in Seattle, WA with no pay posted. Lead Forward Deployed Engineer for Apple's AI evaluation platform, acting as the strategic bridge between science, platform engineering, and partner teams. Read from the employer’s posting on November 9, 2026. - [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Posted May 21, 2026 by Apple · open on Apple careers as of Nov 9, 2026 Pay not posted Seattle, WA Full-time Lead Forward Deployed Engineer for Apple's AI evaluation platform, acting as the strategic bridge between science, platform engineering, and partner teams. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F5abd9b340f0d4b8b&placement=top) - [View posting at Apple](https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200664455-3337/lead-forward-deployed-engineer-ai-evaluation-platform) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay Not posted Staff+ FDE postings, 388 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $197K to $262K, median $225K. ### The work Builds for teams inside the company Balance **Mostly pre-sales or support** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Configuration only - **Builds for**: Internal teams - **Level**: Staff+ - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** Solutions Architecture, Forward-Deployed Engineering, Developer Advocacy, Technical Program Management, or a related highly technical, cross-functional role Background - **Solutions and customer engineering** - **Forward deployed engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a staff-level role. What level are you at now? The job is in Seattle, WA. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Seattle, WA - **Employment type**: Full-time ## More like this [Prologis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prologis) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5974981b5313d0c) Denver, CO · Atlanta, GA · +8 more 6w ago $200,000–$285,000 [Nscale](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nscale) ### [Foundry Engineering Lead ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/60e937813c4272ad) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 more 2mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Frontier AI Tools](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/595786cb37da4bed) Austin, TX · Seattle, WA · +1 more 5w ago $168,100–$227,400 - [Other jobs at Apple (7)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) ## What you’ll do - Lead solutions and adoption strategy for AI evaluation platform, acting as connective tissue between science, platform engineering, and partner teams - Partner with Science, Platform Engineering, and Product Management to ensure building and adopting the right solutions - Serve as technical bridge between research organization and broader engineering ecosystem, ensuring seamless integration with existing ML infrastructure and developer workflows - Work hands-on with ML practitioners across Apple to operationalize sophisticated measurement techniques ## What you’ll bring - 5+ years in Solutions Architecture, Forward-Deployed Engineering, Developer Advocacy, Technical Program Management, or related cross-functional role - Experience acting as technical partner to internal customers, translating vague requirements into engineering specifications - Functional literacy in AI/ML concepts: lifecycle of ML (datasets, training vs. inference, evaluation metrics) - Demonstrated experience partnering with Applied Scientists or Researchers ## About Apple Designs and sells iPhone, Mac, iPad, Watch, and Vision Pro plus a $100B+ Services layer (App Store, iCloud, Apple Pay, Music, TV+) atop a 2.5B device installed base. Public · 5000+ people [View posting at Apple](https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200664455-3337/lead-forward-deployed-engineer-ai-evaluation-platform) ## Similar jobs [F5](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/f5) ### [Sr. AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/900bed89d806a672) Seattle, WA 6w ago $198,900–$298,300 [T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) ### [Principal Engineer, Commercial AI Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d002cfe83270d07) Seattle, WA · Frisco, TX Hybrid 3w ago $164,500–$296,700 [CrowdStrike](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crowdstrike) ### [Sr. AI Growth Engineer (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5dd9d302731f8a0) US Remote 4mo ago $140,000–$215,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [AI Tooling Technical Solutions Consultant, GSRS Security Systems and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b06d4e026bdf987b) Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more 2w ago $152,000–$221,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a03755ff1198280) Seattle, WA 4mo ago $161,000–$212,000 - [Compare staff+ FDE salary ranges](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/staff) - [Similar jobs in Seattle area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=puget-sound) - [Similar jobs that build for teams inside the company](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=internal-deployment) Hiring at Apple and want this page changed or removed? 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