Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Jobs
Engineers embedded with a customer to ship working software on top of the product, from the first workshop through to production. 1147 open at 518 companies.
- AfreshFounding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed EngineeringNewSan Francisco, CA and 1 moreApply
- OpenAIForward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYCNewNew York City, remote friendlyApply
- GranicaForward Deployed EngineerNewBay Area OfficeApply
- AttioForward Deployed GTM EngineerNewSan Francisco, remote friendlyApply
- Invisible TechnologiesSoftware Engineer, Forward DeployedNewLondon - Hybrid and 3 moreApply
- MaximaForward Deployment Strategist - IndiaNewBangaloreApply
- DevRevForward Deployed AI Strategist {Chennai}NewChennai, IndiaApply
- DevRevForward Deployed Engineer {Chennai}NewChennai, IndiaApply
- DevRevForward Deployed Engineer {Mumbai}NewMumbai, IndiaApply
- TELUS DigitalManager, Delivery - Forward Deployed SquadsNewToronto, ON and 1 more, remote friendlyApply
- HigharcForward Deployed EngineerNewRemote (New York City, NY) and 3 moreApply
- Thought MachineForward Deployed Engineer - InfrastructureNewUnited States, New York, New York City, remote friendlyApply
- Thought MachineForward Deployed Engineer - InfrastructureNewUnited Kingdom, LondonApply
- Thought MachineForward Deployed EngineerNewSingaporeApply
- ParloaTEST - Forward Deployed EngineerNewMadridApply
- Accenture Federal ServicesForward Deployed Engineer - Palantir FoundryNewWashington, DC and 1 moreApply
- CloudflareSenior Forward Deployed EngineerNewHybrid and 1 moreApply
- HandshakeSenior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AINewSan Francisco, CAApply
- TRM LabsForward Deployed Engineer - US National SecurityNewNorth America and 1 more, remote friendlyApply
- MongoDBForward Deployed Engineer, Industry SolutionsNewTorontoApply
- Hilbert's AIForward Deployed Data Engineer - LATAMLATAM and 3 more, remote friendlyApply
- MagicalTech Lead - Forward Deployed EngineeringToronto, remote friendlyApply
- DatabricksSenior Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering - LondonLondon, United KingdomApply
- DatabricksAI Forward Deployed Engineer - SwedenStockholm, Sweden and 1 moreApply
- DatabricksAI Forward Deployed Engineer - NetherlandsAmsterdam, Netherlands and 1 moreApply
- DatabricksAI Forward Deployed Engineer - GermanyMunich, Germany and 1 moreApply
- DatabricksAI Forward Deployed Engineer - FranceParis, France and 1 moreApply
- DatabricksSr. Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE (Fullstack)Zürich, SwitzerlandApply
- KongForward Deployed EngineerNew Jersey, United States, remote friendlyApply
- MongoDBForward Deployed Architect, Industry SolutionsGurugramApply
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What a forward deployed engineer does
A forward deployed engineer (FDE) is a software engineer who works from inside a customer's organization instead of from the product team. Palantir coined the title for engineers sent to customer sites to make its platform work on real data; AI companies now use it for the same job.
The week is spent with the customer's people and systems: learning the real workflow, writing the code and integrations that connect it to the product, and getting the result into production.
Who hires forward deployed engineers
The most openings right now are at Palantir, Databricks and OpenAI, out of 518 companies with a role on this list. 522 of the 1,147 roles are remote friendly.
By location, United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany have the most roles.
How it differs from similar roles
- Deployment Strategist
- Same seat inside the customer, but the job is choosing what to build and driving the outcome. The FDE writes the software.
- Solutions Engineer
- Works with a customer through evaluation and proof of concept. An FDE stays after the sale and builds the production system.
- Deployment Engineer
- Gets the product installed and running in the customer environment. An FDE builds new software on top of it.
Demand for forward deployed engineers
The numbers
| Month | Postings (Jan 2025 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 100 |
| Apr 2025 | 643 |
| Apr 2026 | 5,330 |
Across the market this is a new job: Indeed listed about seven times as many forward deployed engineer roles in April 2026 as a year earlier (Business Insider), and more than ten times as many in 2025 as in 2024 (The Wall Street Journal).
