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blockstreamProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NYRemote

Forward-deployed engineer responsible for taking Blockstream enterprise products from technical pre-sales and implementation through production deployment and post-launch support.

Pay range unavailable

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DialpadProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

US · city not listed

Customer-embedded Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for taking qualified AI opportunities from workflow scoping through implementation, production deployment, and first-shift stabilization.

$112,400–$171,600

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Bilt RewardsProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY

Forward-Deployed Engineer at Bilt Rewards, a fintech loyalty platform, acts as the technical face to partners, designing and building API integrations with property management, loyalty, payment, and subscription platforms.

$200,000–$240,000

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ViaProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Labs

New York, NY

Founding engineer role on Via's new AI Labs incubator team, building AI-powered products end-to-end for cities and transit agencies.

$160,000–$220,000

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Layer HealthProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Data Scientist

Boston, MA · New York, NYHybrid

First Forward Deploy Data Scientist at a Series-A healthcare AI startup, working directly with health system customers to turn messy clinical data into ML-ready pipelines and insights.

$150,000–$180,000

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PVMProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Atlanta, GARemote

Hands-on Forward Deployed Engineer building a Palantir Foundry/AIP operational intelligence platform for a federal client (CDC).

Pay range unavailable

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AnthropicProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineers embed with strategic enterprise customers to build and deploy production applications using Claude models, combining software engineering, LLM expertise, and customer-facing discovery.

$280,000–$320,000

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TransformworksProduction engineering

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Forward Deployed AI Engineers partner directly with client executives, operators, and technical teams to turn complex business workflows into production AI systems.

$165,000–$350,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - NYC

New York, NYHybrid

OpenAI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to own end-to-end deployment of AI systems within healthcare organizations, including payers, providers, health systems, and healthcare tech companies.

$185,000–$300,000

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MonacoProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer on Monaco's Delta Force team, embedding with strategic customers to own ambiguous, high-stakes problems end-to-end—from discovery to live adoption.

$200,000–$400,000

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VoltaiProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreHybrid

Voltai is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to deliver its AI platform for semiconductor and consumer electronics companies, owning customer deployments across the SF Bay Area and porting cloud features to on-prem environments.

Pay range unavailable

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project44Production engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Chicago, ILHybrid

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with high-value logistics service provider (LSP) accounts, owning integration architecture and customizing agent workflows.

$130,000–$190,000

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AvePointProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer - AI

New York, NY

Forward-deployed AI engineer who embeds with enterprise clients to advise on AI trust, governance, security, and compliance while personally building prototypes and production systems.

$180,000–$230,000

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SiftProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer at Sift, bridging the company's telemetry platform with customer engineering teams in aerospace, defense, and autonomous systems.

$125,000–$175,000

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Luma AIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Redwood City, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer at Luma AI: embed with customers, define problems, and build production systems on Luma's APIs and models.

$168,000–$252,000

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AvePointProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer - AI

Chicago, IL

The Forward Deployed Engineer (AI) embeds with enterprise clients to advise on AI trust, governance, security, and compliance while scoping and building production AI solutions.

$180,000–$230,000

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Istari DigitalProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Seattle, WAOn-site

Istari Digital is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed directly with aerospace and defense customers, architecting and building integrations that connect CAD, CFD, FEM, and simulation pipelines to Istari's decentralized platform.

Pay range unavailable

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PhysicsXProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

New York, NY

Forward Deployed Software Engineer on the Delivery team, building and deploying applications powered by PhysicsX's AI physics models directly with customers across aerospace, automotive, and other advanced industries.

$150,000–$250,000

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GitLabProduction engineering

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

USRemote

Staff Forward Deployed Engineers operate at the intersection of strategic customer challenges and GitLab product engineering, diagnosing complex adoption, architecture, performance, security, and AI-governance issues while contributing production-quality code.

$254,000–$297,000

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BackOps.aiProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Forward Deployed Engineer at BackOps AI, a supply-chain AI startup, to deploy adaptive AI agents into customer environments.

Pay range unavailable

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Istari DigitalProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Seattle, WAOn-site

Istari Digital seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with aerospace and defense customers, architecting and building integrations that connect CAD, CFD, FEM, and simulation pipelines to Istari's platform.

Pay range unavailable

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NeticProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Intern - 2026-2027

San Francisco, CAOn-site

This 12-week Forward Deployed Engineer internship involves building and deploying multimodal AI agents for essential-service businesses, working directly with enterprise customers to improve revenue and operations.

Pay range unavailable

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KognitosProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

USRemote

This Forward Deployed Engineer role sits at the intersection of engineering and customer success, embedding directly with enterprise customers to design, build, and ship automations on the Kognitos neurosymbolic AI platform.

Pay range unavailable

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