Companies with FDE Programs in 2026
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Let us build a community-maintained list of companies that hire Forward Deployed Engineers.
Established FDE Programs
- Palantir - The originator of the FDE title (FDSE roles)
- Databricks - Field Engineering and Solutions Architect roles
- Scale AI - Forward Deployed Engineers for AI/ML deployments
- Anduril - Defense tech with embedded engineering roles
Similar Roles, Different Titles
- Stripe - Solutions Architect
- Datadog - Technical Solutions Engineer
- Snowflake - Sales Engineer / Solutions Architect
- MongoDB - Consulting Engineers
- HashiCorp - Solutions Engineers
Startups
Many Series A-C startups hire FDE-type roles as their first customer-facing engineers.
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