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Remote FDE jobs

Forward-deployed work is customer-embedded by definition, so fully-remote FDE roles are rare — but they exist. Four major programs hire remote-eligible FDEs in the US, trading a daily office for periodic on-site embeds with customers. Expect travel to remain part of the deal: Databricks, for example, hires remote FDEs but brings them on-site with customers every four to eight weeks.

4 of 18 ranked programs match · Last verified September 2, 2026 · See the full FDE List →

Databricks FDEs embed with customer teams to ship production data and AI systems — lakehouse migrations through first-of-a-kind GenAI apps (RAG, multi-agent, Text2SQL) built on Mosaic AI. Engagements are outcome-based with shared customer OKRs, not billable hours.

Base salary
$153k–$250k
Locations
US metros · remote-eligible
Work setup
Remote-eligible on many reqs · customer on-sites every 4–8 weeks
Experience
5–7+ years, production GenAI experience
Worth knowing: After acquiring MosaicML, Databricks rebuilt delivery around FDEs with shared customer OKRs — engineers replaced consultant-style handoffs on GenAI work.
98 open FDE reqs worldwide (62 US), incl. federal and national-security tracks

Interview loop, score breakdown & sources — read the full Databricks FDE guide →

Salesforce FDE pods embed full-time with a single enterprise customer for roughly three-month engagements, personally writing the code that designs, builds, and ships custom Agentforce agents into production. The program spans associate level through principal.

Base salary
$89k–$317k
Locations
SF · NYC · 6 continents
Work setup
Hub hybrid, some US-remote · 25–50% travel
Experience
Associate through principal — the Futureforce new-grad intake has lapsed
Worth knowing: Salesforce brands FDE “today’s hottest role” in its own marketing — Benioff made FDEs the answer to the AI adoption gap at Dreamforce 2025.
~65 FDE-titled reqs across six continents, with new reqs posting weekly; India reqs have closed

Interview loop, score breakdown & sources — read the full Salesforce FDE guide →

Cursor (Anysphere) FDEs embed with enterprise engineering teams to ship production workflows on Cursor itself — large-scale refactors, migration systems, automated PR-review loops, and spec-to-implementation pipelines. The org is hiring FDEs and FDE leadership across the US, Europe, and APAC.

Locations
SF · NYC · Remote
Work setup
Remote-friendly · customer embeds
Experience
5+ years, plus 2+ years customer-facing
Worth knowing: Building a full FDE org, not a support function — Regional Director and RVP openings, a “Forward Deployed Strategist” track, and APAC expansion.
Six FDE reqs live across US, EMEA, and APAC, incl. a Regional Director and an RVP of FDE

Interview loop, score breakdown & sources — read the full Cursor FDE guide →

Cohere FDEs bridge the North agentic platform and enterprise engineering teams, integrating AI into finance, healthcare, telecom, and government with a security-first posture — including sovereign-AI and public-sector deployments.

Base salary
$140k–$325k
Locations
Remote (US) · global
Work setup
Remote-flexible · travel anticipated
Experience
Senior-leaning — production Python, RAG, agents
Worth knowing: Runs FDE specialties most programs don’t: sovereign-AI deployments, Korea/Japan/Singapore tracks, even security-cleared roles.
16 FDE reqs live across four continents, incl. sovereign AI and public-sector tracks

Interview loop, score breakdown & sources — read the full Cohere FDE guide →

Common questions

Sometimes. Databricks hires remote-eligible FDEs across US metros, Cursor lists remote-US FDE roles, Cohere hires remote-eligible FDEs across the US, and some Salesforce Agentforce reqs are US-remote. Most other programs are hybrid or in-person-first.
Remote-friendly does not mean travel-free. Databricks schedules customer on-sites every 4–8 weeks, Cohere anticipates regular customer travel, and industry-wide most FDE roles expect 25–50% time at customer sites.
By our index, Databricks — the largest FDE org outside Palantir (1,900+ customers served in its first year), remote-eligible on many reqs, with an estimated total comp of $216k–$522k.

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