Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles.
FDE roles first · Newer within each type
RXOProduction engineering
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
View job →CHAOS IndustriesProduction engineering
El Segundo, CAOn-site
Test, deploy, and troubleshoot CHAOS products in the field.
$140,000–$240,000
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Chicago, ILOn-site
Interns choose between a Forward Deployed Software Engineer path, embedding with customers to architect and implement AI-powered solutions, and a product Software Engineer path building features for Gotham, Foundry, or Apollo.
$5,900–$10,500/mo
View job →Istari DigitalProduction engineering
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
View job →Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
This role leads customer engagements for modernizing mission-critical defense software systems, acting as the technical lead to deploy Vannevar's agentic AI platform.
Pay range unavailable
View job →PlanhatProduction engineering
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
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (New Grad) working directly with US Government and intelligence customers on high-stakes data problems.
$135,000–$145,000
View job →GigaProduction engineering
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
View job →Hippocratic AIProduction engineering
Menlo Park, CAOn-site
Forward-deployed engineer owning end-to-end production deployments of conversational AI agents for health-system customers.
Pay range unavailable
View job →NebiusProduction engineering
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
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineering interns embed with commercial customers to deploy software and AI for high-stakes operational problems.
$120,000
View job →Periodic LabsProduction engineering
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward deploy physics and simulation workflows for advanced-manufacturing customer engagements, working on-site with customer engineering teams and collaborating with internal modeling and ML teams.
$200,000–$275,000
View job →BobyardProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with strategic general-contractor customers, owning end-to-end solutions from discovery and prototyping through deployment, monitoring, and scale.
$130,000–$165,000
View job →PVMProduction engineering
Huntsville, ALOn-site
Forward-deployed technical leader responsible for architecting and delivering secure Palantir implementations for government missions in national security, readiness, and space.
Pay range unavailable
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineering intern supporting defense customers by delivering Palantir capabilities for mission planning, personnel and equipment analysis, real-time partner communication, and legacy-system integration.
$120,000
View job →FleetWorksProduction engineering
Chicago, ILOn-site
FleetWorks is hiring its first forward-deployed engineer in Chicago to embed with freight broker customers, own end-to-end deployments, and build integrations that make AI voice/text agents work in live operations.
Pay range unavailable
View job →Inception LabsProduction engineering
San Mateo, CAOn-site
Inception Labs is hiring a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to embed with enterprise customers, building production AI applications on their Mercury diffusion LLM.
$175,000–$275,000
View job →Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
Forward Deployed AI Engineer at Avathon, the physical AI unicorn, deploying production-grade AI applications directly with customers in heavy industries like energy, mining, and logistics.
$130,000–$180,000
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
This internship is a forward-deployed software engineering role supporting U.S. government customers, with engineers owning end-to-end, high-stakes projects in small teams.
$120,000
View job →NebiusProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer, Ecosystem will own technical partnerships for Tavily, building integrations and ecosystem assets across model providers, agent frameworks, developer tools, ISVs, and AI infrastructure companies.
$112,700–$183,900
View job →TabsProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for delivering customer-specific workflows, features, and integrations from scoping through launch for Tabs’ highest-value customers.
$100,000–$150,000
View job →Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineers embed with enterprise customers to understand their workflows and build production-grade AI agents that improve measurable business outcomes.
$157,000–$175,000
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineer interns work directly with customers and small internal teams to solve high-stakes operational problems using data and software.
$120,000
View job →SieveProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
This forward-deployed engineering role partners directly with frontier AI labs to translate ambiguous data requirements into production systems for finding, generating, filtering, transforming, evaluating, and packaging high-quality video datasets at scale.
$150,000–$350,000
View job →FurtherAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Build enterprise-grade AI agents for insurance customers, translating customer workflows into robust production solutions.
$140,000–$225,000
View job →Istari DigitalProduction engineering
Dayton, OHOn-site
Embedded engineer who deploys Istari's decentralized digital engineering platform inside aerospace and defense customer organizations.
Pay range unavailable
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineers work directly with US government customers to understand high-stakes operational problems and build data-driven solutions on Palantir’s platforms.
$135,000–$145,000
View job →reflection.aiProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Leads Reflection’s Forward Deployed Engineering function within the AI Solutions team, owning technical strategy and delivery of complex agentic applications from pre-sales discovery through production.
Pay range unavailable
View job →AI FundProduction engineering
Mountain View, CAOn-site
Forward Deployed AI Engineer embedded with enterprise clients to identify AI opportunities, redesign workflows, and implement AI-powered solutions.
Pay range unavailable
View job →Istari DigitalProduction engineering
Huntsville, ALOn-site
Istari Digital seeks 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
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineers work directly with US government customers to solve high-stakes operational problems using data and Palantir platforms.
$135,000–$145,000
View job →CollateProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Join the founding team of Collate's Forward Deployed Engineering group, partnering with Fortune 100 life sciences companies to deploy production AI systems for document and regulatory workflows.
$150,000–$300,000
View job →Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward-deployed engineers embed with enterprise customers to understand their workflows and build production-grade AI agents that measurably improve operations.
$155,000–$300,000
View job →NeticProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Build and deploy multimodal AI agents that autonomously handle complex operations for essential-service businesses.
Pay range unavailable
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Year-long commercial internship offering two paths: Forward Deployed Software Engineer or Software Engineer.
$5,900–$10,500/mo
View job →BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreOn-site
BCG X is hiring a (Senior) Forward Deployed AI Engineer to build and deploy next-generation AI solutions for clients across industries, including climate change topics.
$110,000–$190,000
View job →Goodfire AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward Deploy Engineers own end-to-end technical delivery for strategic customer engagements, integrating Goodfire's interpretability platform into partner environments and model training stacks.
$200,000–$325,000
View job →Credal.aiProduction engineering
Brooklyn, NYOn-site
Embed directly with high-stakes enterprise customers (healthcare, tech, robotics) to deliver critical outcomes and improve the core AI agent platform.
$140,000–$220,000
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Year-long USG internship centered on forward-deployed software engineering, embedding interns with customers to architect and build AI-powered solutions for high-stakes operational problems.
$5,900–$10,500/mo
View job →IsidorProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with frontier AI labs and enterprise to design and ship data pipelines, tools, and automations for critical model training and evaluation workflows.
Pay range unavailable
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