Forward Deployed Engineer: AI's Most Dangerous Job Title
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The hottest job in AI right now pays $600K+ โ and most people have never heard of it. ๐
It's called a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE). It started at Palantir โ
embed your best engineers inside the client's building until business metrics move.
Now Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are all building armies of them.
๐ Why they're exploding:
โ 80% of enterprise AI projects die before production
โ FDEs close that gap โ write code, own deployment, ship results
โ Listings up 800% last year | Average salary: $238K | Senior: $600K+
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