Forward Deployed Engineer
Forward deployed engineers sit with customers and internal teams to implement complex systems in production — often AI agents, custom integrations, or brand/content pipelines. Palantir coined the title; marketing and AI companies are adopting it fast.
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Founding Applied AI FDE — embed with strategic enterprise customers to ship production Claude applications. Deliver MCP servers, sub-agents, and agent skills in customer environments. Distinct from Anthropic's London FDE role.
Help strategic enterprise customers adopt GitLab and the GitLab Duo Agent Platform. Guide deep technical discovery, design adoption paths, and build reusable solutions across CI/CD, security, compliance, and AI-enabled workflows.
Own the front of AssemblyAI's GTM funnel — drive developers from first API call to production traffic. Debug customer code, tune model configs, steward security reviews, and build internal agent tooling. Equal parts engineer and quota-carrier.
Deploy into strategic partners' technical ecosystems to solve high-stakes problems in national security and financial crime. Build production-grade Python applications, leverage LLM APIs, and own the entire technical lifecycle from discovery to operationalization.
Embed with Fortune 100 logistics customers to build working AI solutions on Loop's data platform. Integrate ERPs, TMS, EDI feeds, and payment systems. Founder-like ownership from commercial discovery through technical delivery — one of the first FDE hires.
Define and run the GLOBAL Forward Deployed Engineering organization for Zora AI — Deloitte's AI agent platform. Lead FDE teams across US, EMEA, and APAC. 10-15+ years experience. Recruiting ends May 31, 2026.
Embed with Vercel's most strategic enterprise customers to drive AI adoption. Lead Next.js migrations, architect high-performance apps, and build production AI solutions using Vercel's AI SDK and MCP servers. 25-40% travel.
Partner with OpenAI's most strategic customers to turn frontier model research into production systems. Own end-to-end technical delivery — from discovery through deployment — building full-stack applications with GPT and o-series models.
Founding FDE at Anthropic — embed with strategic customers to drive transformational Claude adoption. Ship MCP servers, sub-agents, and agent skills in production. 25-50% travel to customer sites.
Transform conversational AI prototypes into production-grade agentic workflows for enterprise customers. Google Cloud is hiring 59+ FDEs — architect agent systems, build eval pipelines, and deploy multi-agent frameworks at scale.
Foundational engineer in Cognition's federal group — the makers of Devin (AI software engineer) and Windsurf. Own technical direction of strategic accounts, build product extensions, and shape how AI agents deploy in government.
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