How many forward deployed engineer jobs are open right now?

There are 558 open forward deployed engineer jobs at 104 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 25 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.

Which companies have the most forward deployed engineer jobs?

Right now the most openings are at Databricks (108), Palantir (95), OpenAI (39), Cognition (15) and Scale AI (14). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.

Are there remote forward deployed engineer jobs?

89 of the 558 open forward deployed engineer jobs (16%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.

What do forward deployed engineer jobs pay?

The median advertised salary is $216K, based on 234 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $205K and $250K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.

How do I apply for forward deployed engineer jobs?

Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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Q: What is a forward deployed engineer job?

In a forward deployed engineer job, a person is an engineer who works inside a customer’s team and adapts the product to their problem on the spot. 558 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.

Forward deployed engineer: a person in this job is an engineer who works inside a customer’s team and adapts the product to their problem on the spot. Databricks, Palantir, OpenAI, Cognition and Scale AI have the most open roles with “Forward deployed engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

558 open roles · 25 posted in the last 7 days · 16% remote · 104 companies hiring · $216K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

What these jobs pay234 of them state a yearly range in US dollars (bands in thousands). The orange column holds the median, $216K.

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Period	Count
under $75K	0
$75K to $100K	1
$100K to $125K	5
$125K to $150K	8
$150K to $175K	17
$175K to $200K	18
$200K to $250K	124
$250K to $300K	45
$300K and more	16

Three numbersOut of 558 open jobs in this list.

Can be done from home16%89 of 558 jobs

State the pay46%257 of 558 jobs

Are for beginners7%41 of 558 jobs

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Skills asked for in forward deployed engineer roles

Python385 · 69%JavaScript203 · 36%TypeScript193 · 35%LLM187 · 34%AWS176 · 32%GCP151 · 27%Azure145 · 26%

Bars show the share of these 558 roles; one role can count in several rows.

Newest forward deployed engineer jobs

Showing the newest 100 of 399. The search looks through all of them by title, place and pay.

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Where forward deployed engineer roles are

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What forward deployed engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the title	Median advertised salary	Roles counted
No level in the title	$225K	129
Senior	$216K	75
Lead	$258K	27

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about forward deployed engineer jobs

What is a forward deployed engineer job?: In a forward deployed engineer job, a person is an engineer who works inside a customer’s team and adapts the product to their problem on the spot. 558 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many forward deployed engineer jobs are open right now?: There are 558 open forward deployed engineer jobs at 104 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 25 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most forward deployed engineer jobs?: Right now the most openings are at Databricks (108), Palantir (95), OpenAI (39), Cognition (15) and Scale AI (14). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote forward deployed engineer jobs?: 89 of the 558 open forward deployed engineer jobs (16%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do forward deployed engineer jobs pay?: The median advertised salary is $216K, based on 234 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $205K and $250K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for forward deployed engineer jobs?: Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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