28 open roles · Updated daily
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Software Engineer, and FDE (Early Career) roles open to career changers. The role Palantir invented and every AI lab now hires for: embed with customers, ship working AI solutions in weeks. Domain expertise plus practical coding beats a CS pedigree.
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA · On-site
Databricks · San Francisco, CA · Remote
Databricks · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
Notion · San Francisco, CA · Remote
Notion · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Remote
OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · On-site
Together AI · San Francisco, CA · On-site
Together AI · San Francisco, CA · Remote
Intercom · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
Intercom · San Francisco, CA · On-site
Fully remote positions open to candidates anywhere in the US.
David Joseph & Company · New York City, New York · Remote
TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group · Highland Park, Dallas · Remote
TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group · Tampa Palms, Hillsborough County · Remote
TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group · Northlake, DeKalb County · Remote
TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group · Schiller Park, Cook County · Remote
TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group · Phoenix, Maricopa County · Remote
Tailor · US · Remote
Symmetry Systems · Remote · Remote
Hugging Face · New York, NY (Remote) · Remote
Jasper · Austin, TX (Remote) · Remote
Zapier · Remote (US) · Remote
Cohere · Toronto, ON (US Remote) · Remote
Runway · New York, NY · Remote
Weights & Biases · San Francisco, CA (Remote) · Remote
FDE roles in San Francisco hire for domain expertise plus practical building — not just CS degrees. Ship 2–3 real AI integration projects, get fluent with LLM APIs, and lean on your industry background. Customer-facing experience is a genuine advantage in FDE interviews.
FDE roles in San Francisco typically pay $100,000–$175,000 to start, with senior forward deployed engineers at AI companies reaching $200,000+. Early-career FDE tracks start around $100,000–$140,000.
There are currently 14 remote FDE positions open from San Francisco — though many FDE roles involve travel to customer sites, which is often reflected in the higher pay band.
Usually not. FDE hiring at AI companies is portfolio- and domain-first: working AI projects, strong communication, and industry knowledge (healthcare, finance, operations, defense) frequently outweigh a formal CS credential.
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