Forward Deployed Engineering Leadership jobs

3 open roles. Manager, Head, Director, and VP seats — proof the function now has a management track. Often the person hired to build an FDE org from zero.

Baseten

Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)

new $260K–$380K

Baseten is hiring the FDE manager and the ICs simultaneously — join the org on day zero, or run it.

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Replit

Head of Forward Deployed Engineering

$300K–$400K

Replit is hiring someone to build its FDE org from zero at $300–400K — proof the role now has a management track, not just an IC ceiling.

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Novartis

Executive Director, AI Forward Deployed Engineering Lead

$225K–$419K

A top-5 pharma is standing up a three-level FDE org — Exec Director, Director, and IC postings live simultaneously. The clearest signal yet that the title has escaped tech.

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