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A forward-deployed role where the deliverable is a post-trained model, not an integration: you build the RL environment, run the experiments, and ship what works. The $150K–$300K band and a London/remote option make it one of the few research-grade FDE seats open outside SF.

A rare India FDE seat that prints a number: ₹10–13 LPA for a YC W22 agentic-finance company, aimed at 0.5–2 years of experience. The interview asks you to submit a transcript of your coding-agent session, which tells you how they screen for AI-native builders.

A 14-person YC team with 700+ paying customers (ServiceNow, Replit, Ramp) hiring its founding FDE, and it's the rare remote seat with a printed band: $120K–$200K plus 0.05–0.15%. Half the job is customer calls, half is shipping full-stack product.

AWS now runs a dedicated Forward Deployed Engineering practice with Senior and Principal bands listed side by side, and the senior seat is asked to build reusable accelerators for the wider FDE org, not only ship for one customer.

One of the first two engineers on Axion's first FDE team, building AI-enabled quality workflows for manufacturers (backed by Bessemer, Salesforce Ventures, Boeing, RTX). Strong band and explicit path for strong SWEs without the FDE title.