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Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles.

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ServiceNowProduction engineering

Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

Principal customer-facing engineer leading the technical direction of ServiceNow’s CRM & Industry Forward Deployed Engineering group, designing and deploying agentic AI solutions for sales automation, CPQ, customer service, and field service.

$221,200–$387,100

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AtomicProduction engineering

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

USRemote

Founding forward-deployed AI engineer responsible for building domain-specific agents and AI-native systems of record across a portfolio of software businesses serving overlooked, mission-critical industries.

$200,000–$250,000

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Bilt RewardsProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer who owns enterprise partner integrations end to end, from solution-design handoff through implementation, launch, maintenance, and expansion.

$200,000–$280,000

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BroadcomProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (Staff)

NMRemote

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with enterprise customers across the full lifecycle of Kubernetes platform modernization, stateful workload migration, and AI infrastructure deployments.

$110,800–$177,300

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Wispr FlowProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineers own customer deployments from discovery through launch and adoption, partnering with engineering, IT, security, and business teams.

$180,000–$350,000

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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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RenderProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CARemote

Render's first Forward Deployed Engineer will provide hands-on technical partnership to strategic accounts and run onboarding intensives for high-growth AI startups.

$236,000–$289,000

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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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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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Q2Production engineering

Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

Austin, TX

Senior-level forward deployed engineer partnering with Q2's largest and most complex financial institution customers to design, implement, and deploy secure, scalable solutions in production.

Pay range unavailable

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Deloitte USProduction engineering

AWS Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS

Multiple US offices

This role is for an AWS Forward Deployed Engineer within Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice, focusing on rapidly prototyping and delivering GenAI-enabled solutions for government clients.

$134,500–$265,100

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BroadcomProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (Principal)

CA, NC, TXRemote

Principal-level Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with Broadcom's largest enterprise accounts, bridging R&D and field engineering to drive platform modernizations, stateful workload migrations, and AI inferencing deployments on VMware Cloud Foundation and Kubernetes.

$132,200–$211,500

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BroadcomProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (Principal)

CORemote

Principal-level Forward Deployed Engineer embedded in Broadcom's Infrastructure Software Division, acting as a senior R&D extension in the field for the largest enterprise accounts.

$132,200–$211,500

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EYProduction engineering

Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Associate Director

Hoboken, NJHybrid

This Associate Director role in EY's Forward Deployed Engineering team focuses on designing and deploying AI-driven, data-centric solutions for strategic enterprise clients.

$156,400–$342,000

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Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering

Data Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer

Frisco, TXHybrid

Kyndryl's newly established Lab seeks a Forward Deployed Data Engineer to design, deploy, and refine high-performance data infrastructure, pipelines, and context engines for AI/ML and autonomous workflows in live customer environments.

$143,640–$327,600

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CapgeminiProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY

Forward Deployed Engineer at Capgemini, based in New York, responsible for designing, implementing, and deploying customized software and AI-driven solutions for enterprise clients.

$140,000–$250,000

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Deloitte USProduction engineering

Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS

Multiple US offices

Forward Deployed Engineer role embedded with Deloitte's Government & Public Services clients, rapidly prototyping and delivering GenAI solutions using Anthropic technologies.

$134,500–$265,100

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