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FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies

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KongProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Trenton, NJRemote

Forward Deployed Engineer in Kong’s Professional Services organization, partnering directly with Fortune 50/500 enterprise customers to implement and modernize API, AI gateway, service connectivity, and cloud-native platforms.

$192,010–$274,300

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IntercomProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Data Scientist

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deploy Data Scientists embed with strategic customers to design, implement, and scale enterprise Fin deployments that automate support and deliver measurable outcomes.

$206,600–$229,000

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KongProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Trenton, NJRemote

Forward Deployed Engineer in Kong’s Professional Services organization, partnering directly with Fortune 50/500 enterprises to implement API and AI connectivity solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.

$192,010–$274,300

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - NYC

New York, NYHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineers lead end-to-end production deployments of frontier models for strategic customers, owning discovery, system design, implementation, and rollout.

$185,000–$300,000

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IntercomProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer working at the intersection of applied AI, customer engineering, and product strategy for Fin’s most strategic customers.

$180,000–$200,000

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KongProduction engineering

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

Phoenix, AZRemote

Staff-level Forward Deployed Engineer in Kong’s Professional Services organization, partnering directly with Fortune 50/500 enterprise customers to implement and modernize API and AI connectivity platforms across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.

$192,010–$274,300

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Seattle

Seattle, WAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineers lead end-to-end production deployments of frontier models for strategic customers, owning discovery, technical scoping, system design, implementation, and rollout.

$185,000–$300,000

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LegoraProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NYOn-site

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for taking ambiguous enterprise customer needs from discovery through technical design, implementation, deployment, and troubleshooting.

$237,150–$320,850

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Applied IntuitionProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Sunnyvale, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Software Engineers own end-to-end delivery of high-stakes customer projects, integrating vehicle intelligence platforms into real-world operational environments.

$130,000–$200,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineers lead end-to-end production deployments of frontier models for strategic customers, owning discovery, system design, implementation, and rollout.

$185,000–$300,000

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KongProduction engineering

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

Austin, TXRemote

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer leading hands-on implementation, migration, automation, and solution engineering for enterprise customers adopting Kong’s API and AI connectivity platform.

$192,010–$274,300

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SecurityScorecardProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

USRemote

Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with strategic enterprise customers to map security, risk, and compliance workflows and deliver production integrations.

$200,000–$240,000 · total compensation

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AlationProduction engineering

Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

USRemote

Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer serving as the primary technical bridge between strategic Fortune 500 customers and Alation's Product and Engineering teams.

$148,974–$201,115

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KongProduction engineering

Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

Austin, TXRemote

Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer in Kong’s Professional Services organization, partnering with Fortune 50/500 customers on production implementations across APIs, AI gateways, service connectivity, and cloud-native platforms.

$192,010–$274,300

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WebflowProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

USRemote

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer shaping production-grade agentic web operations for strategic enterprise accounts, partnering across product, sales, and engineering.

$140,000–$190,000

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SecurityScorecardProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NYRemote

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with strategic enterprise customers to map security, risk, and compliance workflows and build production integrations and AI-native solutions around them.

$225,000–$260,000 · total compensation

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RampProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Forward Deployed

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Ramp, embedded in a customer-facing, agent-first team that solves complex problems for large enterprises.

$189,000–$330,000

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Juniper SquareProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer II, Applied AI

USRemote

Forward-deployed, AI-first engineering role at Juniper Square's Applied AI unit, working directly with GP clients to design, build, and operate custom AI agents that solve operational problems in private markets.

$130,000–$160,000

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Stability AIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

USRemote

Forward Deployed Engineer at Stability AI, bridging engineering and customer delivery to help creative teams and enterprises adopt generative AI across image, video, 3D, vector graphics, and design.

Pay range unavailable

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Snorkel AIProduction engineering

Senior/Staff FDE - CUA

New York, NY · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer focused on computer-use agents, partnering with AI labs and enterprises to deliver agentic-AI task environments, datasets, evaluators, and production solutions.

$180,000–$320,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF

New York, NYHybrid

OpenAI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to build and deploy AI systems for legal work, embedding with law firms and legal teams to identify high-value use cases, prototype solutions, and drive production adoption.

$185,000–$300,000

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RedpandaProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer - Eastern US

New York, NYRemote

Redpanda is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with strategic customers and build production-grade agents, integrations, and data pipelines on the Agentic Data Plane (ADP).

$194,400–$228,800

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC

New York, NYHybrid

OpenAI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to build and deploy AI systems for legal work, embedding with law firms and legal teams to identify high-value use cases, prototype solutions, and drive production adoption.

$185,000–$300,000

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RedpandaProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer - Western US

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer at Redpanda, embedded with strategic customers to build production-grade agents, integrations, and data pipelines on the Agentic Data Plane.

$194,400–$228,800

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ReplitProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Foster City, CAHybrid

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

$180,000–$300,000

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DatabricksProduction engineering

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

Austin, TX

Databricks seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to lead customer-facing technical projects, owning architecture and end-to-end delivery of production-grade data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

$182,000–$250,208

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