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AfreshProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer who alternates between embedding with enterprise grocery customers and building the reusable platform behind those deployments.

$156,060–$211,140

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Istari DigitalProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

US · city not listedHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with aerospace/defense customers to architect and build integrations connecting CAD, CFD, FEM pipelines to Istari's decentralized platform.

Pay range unavailable

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NeticProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - New Grad - 2026-2027

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineers build and deploy multimodal AI agents that automate complex operations for essential-service companies, working directly with enterprise customers from design through rollout and iteration.

Pay range unavailable

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AfreshProduction engineering

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer who splits time between embedding with enterprise grocery customers to integrate data and ship production AI systems, and building reusable platform infrastructure from those field learnings.

$168,912–$253,368

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Istari DigitalProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Salt Lake City, UTOn-site

Embedded engineer working on-site with aerospace/defense customers to integrate Istari's platform into complex digital engineering environments.

Pay range unavailable

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HadrianProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Torrance, CA · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer at Hadrian embeds on enterprise customer programs to drive them end-to-end, configuring and integrating the Opus platform and building net-new software at the edge.

$120,000–$300,000

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F2Production engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer at F2, embedding with strategic Private Credit enterprise clients to build custom integrations and solutions on F2's platform.

$140,000–$200,000

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Edison ScientificProduction engineering

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

USRemote

Forward-deployed engineer embedded with pharma and biotech R&D teams to identify high-leverage applications for AI scientist agents and own integrations from discovery through production.

$200,000–$300,000

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AlloyProduction engineering

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Alloy, one of the first two on a new team embedded with the most strategic enterprise accounts.

$141,000–$250,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Databricks

Arlington, VA · Washington, DC

Build and deploy end-to-end data and AI solutions on Databricks for federal clients, spanning scalable pipelines, applications, cloud infrastructure, and production operations.

$100,200–$243,100

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RXOProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Southfield, MIOn-site

This role embeds within a major automotive customer's operations to identify inefficiencies and design AI-driven solutions for forecasting, routing, and supply chain performance.

Pay range unavailable

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Istari DigitalProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer - Aerospace

El Segundo, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer embedded in aerospace/defense customer environments, architecting and building integrations between Istari's platform and complex digital engineering toolchains (CAD, CFD, FEM).

Pay range unavailable

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RemoteProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Remote Build)

USRemote

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer focused on taking customer problems from technical discovery through production deployment of reliable AI-powered integrations, automations, and agentic workflows.

$53,300–$215,750

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Defense UnicornsProduction engineering

FDE Data Engineer- Space (FedD141/FedD147)

Colorado Springs, CO · Cape Canaveral, FL · +2 more · US remoteRemote

Forward-deployed data engineer responsible for deploying, integrating, and operating UDS Data Capability in classified DoD environments, spanning storage, ingestion, streaming, governance, and access.

$123,250–$166,750

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Re:Build ManufacturingProduction engineering

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

US · city not listed

The Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer works within the Digital Innovation Group to discover, prototype, deploy, and scale full-stack digital solutions across Re:Build manufacturing sites.

$120,223–$180,334

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Defense UnicornsProduction engineering

Senior FDE Data Engineer (FedD140/FedD148)

Colorado Springs, CO · Cape Canaveral, FL · +2 more · US remoteRemote

Senior forward-deployed data engineer responsible for deploying, hardening, integrating, and operating UDS Data Capability in classified DoD environments.

$148,750–$201,250

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PlanhatProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer | Americas

Los Angeles, CAOn-site

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Planhat, embedded with customers to deploy AI solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.

$170,000–$250,000 · OTE

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RerunProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

USRemote

Forward Deployed Engineer is a customer-embedded role focused on deploying data pipelines and integrations for physical AI customers, solving production data and infrastructure problems, and coordinating multi-month deployments.

$175,000–$300,000

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GigaProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer I/II

San Francisco, CAOn-site

This role is a customer-facing technical position at a Series A AI startup, responsible for building and deploying enterprise AI agents across voice, chat, and email.

$100,000–$190,000

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CapeProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal

Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +1 moreHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with federal and national-security customers, owning deployments from prototype through operational sustainment while writing production code, troubleshooting live networks, and translating mission needs into product priorities.

$175,000–$235,000

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NebiusProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise - Tavily

New York, NYOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise will own the technical customer lifecycle for Tavily’s highest-value enterprise accounts, from discovery and solution design through production deployment, adoption, and expansion.

$179,500–$224,300

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