Decagon
1 open Forward Deployed Engineer role at Decagon. Curated with comp bands.
Comp on the board: $175K–$230K (base).
On the board since Jul 2026 · still hiring
Our take
Why Decagon
The delivery arm behind agents for Cash App, Chime and Oura — a base that trails lab pay, with the equity in a fast-rising agent company as the real case.
- FDE type
- True forward-deployed
- Travel
- Medium
- Comp
- Competitive
- Stage
- Growth-stage
A good fit if you're…
- Solutions, implementation or FDE veterans with 5+ years customer-facing
- People who want to own enterprise agent builds end to end
- New York-based candidates who want a top agent startup
What they do
Decagon builds conversational AI agents for customer experience across chat, email and voice. The board cites a $4.5B valuation and customers including Cash App, Chime and Oura.
What “forward deployed” means here
The Agent Builder seat owns end-to-end execution of enterprise agent builds: setting up and validating integrations with ticketing systems, tools and workflows, defining success criteria with senior stakeholders, and running feedback loops with engineering. It is true FDE work, weighted toward delivery management and integration rather than model work.
Comp & leveling
The board shows $175K–$230K base in New York. Competitive for the seat, but below lab bands and below Sierra's infra FDE; the equity is the bigger lever at this valuation.
Growth signals
Decagon ranked near the top of a widely shared X poll on talent density, and it is one of the two most visible agent-for-CX companies alongside Sierra. The category is crowded and moves fast, so the seat rewards people who ship quickly and can manage demanding enterprise buyers.
Analysis updated 2026-09-24
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