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Forward Deployed Engineer

Engineers embedded with customers or deployed on-site to solve domain-specific technical problems. Combines engineering skills with direct client interaction.

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145open jobs
32companies hiring
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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

$ skills --core

Integrating complex software systems with customer infrastructure and APIs

95%

Working directly with customers to discover requirements, identify issues, and iterate on solutions

93%

Building and deploying production-grade generative AI applications including RAG and multi-agent systems

92%

Translating complex customer requirements into technical solutions

90%

Designing and implementing end-to-end AI/ML data pipelines and workflows

88%

Writing clean, maintainable production code following software development best practices

85%

Deploying and optimizing machine learning models in cloud environments

82%

Designing adapters and integration layers for unfamiliar systems and protocols

80%

Evaluating and selecting third-party tools and technologies for specific use cases

78%
$ skills --emerging

Building and optimizing retrieval-augmented generation systems for production use

88%

Operating across the full customer lifecycle from discovery and design to scaling and optimization

85%

Developing domain-specific AI applications tailored to industry-specific workflows

82%

Prototyping and deploying agentic AI systems at scale

80%

Fine-tuning and optimizing language models for specific customer applications

75%

Implementing human-in-the-loop systems and quality measurement frameworks

72%
$ skills --soft

Operating with high ownership and accountability for end-to-end outcomes

92%

Collaborating cross-functionally with product, engineering, and sales teams

90%

Bridging technical teams with business and product stakeholders

88%

Communicating complex technical concepts to non-technical customer audiences

82%

Conducting technical discovery sessions and gathering customer insights

80%

Managing stakeholder expectations and translating business objectives into technical roadmaps

75%

Providing thought leadership and presenting technical work at industry conferences

72%

Building and managing engineering teams focused on delivery excellence

68%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

$ tech --language
Pythonvery high
SQLhigh
Javamoderate
$ tech --framework
LangChainhigh
PyTorchhigh
scikit-learnhigh
DSPymoderate
Sparkmoderate
Spring Bootmoderate
$ tech --platform
AWShigh
Azurehigh
GCPhigh
HuggingFacehigh
Databricksmoderate
Kubernetesmoderate
MongoDBmoderate
Gleanlow
Tavilylow
$ tech --tool
pandashigh
Dockermoderate
Gitmoderate
ABAQUSlow
ANSYSlow
CADlow
LS-DYNAlow
NASTRANlow
Terraformlow
$ tech --concept
Generative AIvery high
Machine Learningvery high
RAGvery high
Data Sciencehigh
Fine-tuninghigh
Multi-agent systemshigh
REST APIshigh
Agilemoderate
CI/CDmoderate
LLMOpsmoderate
Text2SQLmoderate
GraphQLlow
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Open Jobs

145 open Forward Deployed Engineer jobs across 32 companies.

PolyAI3d
Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Must be PST timezone)
United States {West Coast}·Engineering
Serval3d
Deployed Software Engineer
San Francisco·Engineering
OpenAI4d
Forward Deployed Engineer - Sydney
Sydney, Australia·Engineering
Helsing1w
Deployed AI Engineer
Munich - Berlin - London - Paris - Warsaw - Tallinn·Engineering
MongoDB1w
Application Engineer
Bulgaria·Engineering
Nebius1w
Forward Deployed Engineer
United States·Engineering
Glean1w
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY·Engineering
Hebbia1w
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York City; San Francisco, CA·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) - U.S. Federal Sector
Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C.·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Paris, France·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
United States·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Munich, Germany·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Melbourne, Australia·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Remote - India·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Amsterdam, Netherlands·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Sydney, Australia·Engineering
Databricks1w
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer)
London, United Kingdom·Engineering
MongoDB1w
Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Ireland·Engineering
MongoDB1w
Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Dublin·Engineering
Snorkel AI2w
Forward Deployed Engineer - Data-as-a-Service
New York City, NY (Hybrid); Redwood City, CA (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)·Engineering