Principal Forward Deployment Engineer
Why it's interesting
A US carrier running an internal 'Forward Deployment Engineering' practice with a Principal IC band topping out near $297K base plus 20% bonus, and the role is measured on 'validated ROI across the FDE portfolio'. The FDE title is leaving the AI-lab bubble.
The role
Sets technical direction for agentic AI delivery across T-Mobile's Forward Deployment Engineering practice. Builds shared foundations, tackles the hardest technical problems and stays hands-on in production code. Requires 7–10+ years of production engineering, 3+ years deploying LLM systems and 2+ years on agentic or multi-agent systems; operates under CPNI/PII governance standards. Reports into Agentic Automation & FDE; travel required.
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