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FDE Job Opportunities

This library includes FDE titles and adjacent Applied AI, Agent, and AI Solutions roles. Look for the combination of field context, production engineering, and outcome ownership.

6verified roles
6companies
1new-grad entry
4adjacent families
VERIFIED OPENINGS / 2026-07-20

6 roles still open on official pages

Read the real responsibility before the title. These opportunities span model deployment, generative AI, new-grad commercial work, internal FDE, AI solutions, and robotics in the field.

Model deployment
OpenAI

Forward Deployed Engineer

Owns technical discovery, solution design, build, production deployment, customer adoption, and field feedback.

Best suited toBest suited to builders who can diagnose problems in the field, write production code, and move complex systems into use.
Multiple global locations Checked 2026-07-20Official job page
New grad / Commercial
Palantir

Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial

A new-graduate FDSE path spanning customer work, data, applications, architecture, and operational change.

Best suited toA fit for new graduates who want early exposure to customer projects, data applications, and complex delivery work.
New York · Hybrid Checked 2026-07-20Official job page
Generative AI
Scale AI

Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI

Works with customers to prototype, evaluate, and deploy production-grade generative AI systems at scale.

Best suited toA fit for engineers with experience in generative AI, evaluation, rapid prototyping, or production deployment.
New York / San Francisco / Seattle Checked 2026-07-20Official job page
AI solutions
Aircall

Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Solutions Engineering

A solutions and GTM-oriented role deploying AI workflows and integrations through low-code and no-code platforms.

Best suited toA fit for solutions-oriented builders comfortable with integrations, customer work, and low-code workflows.
Seattle · Hybrid Checked 2026-07-20Official job page
Internal FDE
Warner Music Group

Forward Deployed Engineer, Data & AI

Embeds AI into internal workflows across rights, marketing, analytics, and operations while driving adoption.

Best suited toA fit for practitioners who want to embed AI in internal workflows and drive adoption across business teams.
Ontario / British Columbia / Alberta · Remote Checked 2026-07-20Official job page
Robotics / Autonomy
Field AI

Forward Deployed Engineer

Works across R&D, deployment, testing, and customers to solve real-world robotics and autonomy problems.

Best suited toA fit for people with robotics or autonomy experience who are comfortable working frequently in real-world environments.
Irvine, CA · On-site Checked 2026-07-20Official job page

Four role families closest to FDE work

A company may not use the FDE title. Roles that combine field context, production engineering, and outcome ownership still belong on the map.

01

Forward Deployed Engineer

Works with customers or business teams across discovery, custom development, integration, launch, and adoption.

Delivery loop, production code, customer work, outcomes
02

Applied AI Engineer

Turns model capability into products and workflows that real users continue to use.

Validation, productization, evaluation, iteration data
03

Agent Engineer

Designs tool use, workflow orchestration, state, evaluation, and safety boundaries.

Agent runtime, tool integration, evals, observability
04

AI Solutions Architect

Organizes enterprise architecture, data, and models into a deliverable system and rollout plan.

Architecture, system boundaries, delivery plan, alignment

How to identify real FDE-shaped work

  1. 01Direct contact with customers, business teams, or frontline users
  2. 02Writing and maintaining production code, not only presenting solutions
  3. 03Ownership of data, permissions, APIs, and enterprise integrations
  4. 04Responsibility for evals, monitoring, audit, and failure recovery
  5. 05Accountability for launch, adoption, or business metrics
  6. 06Turning project experience into reusable product or method

How to use the job library

01

Start with role families

Filter by responsibility rather than title so Applied AI, Agent, and architecture roles are not missed.

02

Verify the official page

Each listing keeps the company source, date, location, and responsibility evidence. Expired roles are removed.

03

Validate with peers

Bring the specific role and your background into the WeChat group to discuss the team, project type, and real delivery boundary.

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