Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title.
FDE roles first · Newer within each type
Prime IntellectProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Forward-deployed research engineer serving as the primary technical interface for strategic customers running post-training and agentic RL.
$150,000–$300,000
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Forward Deployed AI Engineer at Palantir, embedded with customers to own Gen AI strategy and implementation, building production LLM workflows at scale.
$135,000–$200,000
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Columbus, OH · Dallas, TX · +2 moreHybrid
Senior Manager / Associate Director role embedding directly with clients as a technologist and trusted advisor to design, prototype, and deploy enterprise-ready AI agents.
$112,900–$366,300
View job →DatologyAIProduction engineering
San Mateo, CAHybrid
Forward-deployed AI engineer responsible for deploying, operating, and driving adoption of a data-curation platform for strategic customers in complex on-premises and hybrid environments.
$230,000–$300,000
View job →Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Honolulu, HIHybrid
This Forward Deployed Engineer role at Vannevar Labs serves as the technical owner for a mission, working directly with operators and analysts on national security software deployed to customer environments.
$135,000–$205,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineers build and deploy customer-specific GenAI data infrastructure end to end, spanning front-end applications, back-end systems, and large-scale architecture.
$179,400–$224,250
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Palantir's original Forward Deployed Software Engineer role embeds engineers directly with customers to solve high-stakes problems using data and AI.
$135,000–$200,000
View job →VercelProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreHybrid
Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer in Professional Services, partnering hands-on with strategic enterprise customers on frontend modernization, large-scale Next.js migrations, performance optimization, and production AI adoption.
$137,000–$207,000
View job →VapiProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYHybrid
Forward-deployed engineering role owning enterprise voice AI deployments from scoping through production handoff while also shipping platform improvements.
$200,000–$280,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreHybrid
Forward-deployed software engineer embedded with U.S. government customers across military and intelligence organizations, owning AI application delivery from prototype through production.
$138,000–$292,560
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
Forward Deployed Software Engineer on a new team building Command and Control (C2) software for autonomous systems (UxVs, sensors, effectors) for operational and tactical missions.
$135,000–$200,000
View job →AdonisProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for leading discovery and production deployments with enterprise healthcare customers, reporting to the Head of Data Platforms.
$190,000–$210,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Senior forward-deployed engineer who partners with clients and delivery teams to scope, prototype, and deploy AI-powered workflows on enterprise platforms.
$180,000–$264,000
View job →Strider TechnologiesProduction engineering
VAHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for embedding with government and commercial customers, translating mission needs into deployed software, and integrating Strider’s platform with diverse data and IT systems.
Pay range unavailable
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
Forward Deployed Software Engineer embedded with US Government customers, designing and building end-to-end data solutions on Palantir platforms.
$135,000–$200,000
View job →webAIProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Washington, DCHybrid
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer for webAI's Public Sector team, building and optimizing production AI systems for secure, distributed, and edge environments.
Pay range unavailable
View job →GovWellProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Forward Deployed Software Engineer embedded in complex municipal enterprise deals, owning technical blockers, legacy migrations, and customer deployments from feasibility through launch.
$200,000–$300,000
View job →Assort HealthProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineers own end-to-end technical deployments of production AI agents for health systems, from scoping and integrations through go-live and optimization.
$155,000–$210,000
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Palantir is hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer for the Warp Speed initiative, which focuses on revitalizing the American industrial base through data-driven manufacturing solutions.
$135,000–$200,000
View job →HappyRobotProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineer partnering directly with customers from onboarding through ongoing optimization while building full-stack applications and integrations.
$120,000–$220,000
View job →Latent LabsProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
This role bridges Latent Labs' frontier generative biology models with pharma/biotech customers, owning the full deployment lifecycle from technical scoping to production-grade delivery.
Pay range unavailable
View job →OpenAIProduction engineering
Seattle, WAHybrid
This role embeds with strategic customers to design and deploy custom full-stack solutions using OpenAI's APIs, operating at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development.
$153,000–$325,000
View job →Northslope TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Northslope is hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to embed with customers, build production AI applications on enterprise data, and drive measurable business outcomes.
Pay range unavailable
View job →TaktileProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at Taktile, a fast-growing AI decisioning platform for financial institutions.
$175,000–$265,000
View job →Nectar SocialProduction engineering
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
The Forward Deployed Engineer owns end-to-end technical deployments and optimization for strategic enterprise customers, acting as the technical bridge between Nectar's platform and complex customer environments.
$160,000–$270,000
View job →Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Build and deploy production-grade full-stack applications that integrate Fundamental’s NEXUS large tabular model into complex enterprise environments.
Pay range unavailable
View job →Northslope TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Northslope is hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to build mission-specific AI applications on Palantir AIP, embedded with customers to solve critical business problems.
Pay range unavailable
View job →RainProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
The Forward Deployed Engineer partners directly with customers and cross-functional leaders to ship complex fintech offerings while influencing Rain’s technical roadmap and architecture.
$165,000–$200,000
View job →Sema4.aiProduction engineering
Atlanta, GAHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineer role at an enterprise AI agent platform startup.
Pay range unavailable
View job →Roe AIProduction engineering
San Mateo, CAHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineer at an early-stage AI startup building a data platform for financial crimes risk and compliance.
$100,000–$120,000
View job →OpenAIProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
This Forward Deployed Software Engineer role at OpenAI partners with strategic customers to design and build custom full-stack solutions using OpenAI's APIs.
$153,000–$325,000
View job →HealthLeapProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Own the backend systems and hospital integrations that move real-time patient data into HealthLeap’s clinical risk-scoring platform.
$200,000–$275,000
View job →Northslope TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Northslope is hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to build custom AI applications for enterprise customers, working directly with stakeholders to solve critical business problems.
$185,000–$275,000
View job →Norm AIProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineers lead enterprise implementations of AI-driven compliance solutions, integrating Norm’s platform into customer infrastructure and workflows.
$190,000–$280,000
View job →OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Forward Deployed Software Engineer embedding with strategic customers to design and build full-stack solutions using OpenAI's APIs.
$185,000–$325,000
View job →ElizaProduction engineering
Austin, TXHybrid
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer leading client-facing AI projects: scoping, designing, and delivering mission-critical AI solutions while advising clients on technical strategy.
Pay range unavailable
View job →HappyRobotProduction engineering
Chicago, ILHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineer combining full-stack development with customer engineering for deployments of HappyRobot’s AI platform.
$120,000–$200,000
View job →BasetenProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineers partner directly with customers to architect, build, deploy, and operate high-scale AI applications on Baseten.
$165,000–$330,000
View job →OpenAIProduction engineering
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with defense, intelligence, and federal stakeholders to lead complex deployments of frontier AI models in production.
$145,800–$280,000
View job →AsanaProduction engineering
Chicago, ILHybrid
Technical Consultant supporting strategic enterprise customers with custom Asana integrations, automations, data migrations, and AI-augmented workflows.
$120,000–$136,000
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