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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed Engineer - **Company:** Anthropic Limited - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $280,000.0 - $320,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Computer Programming, Python (Programming Language), Software Product Management, Software Deployment, TypeScript, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Information Technology, Deployment Automation - **Published:** August 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=97149c77d0463059 ## About the Role * 4+ years of experience in a technical, customer facing role such as Forward Deployed Engineer, or as a Software Engineer with consulting experience. Former technical founders are also encouraged to apply. * Production experience with LLMs including advanced prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale. * Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python (and ideally in one or more additional languages like Typescript, Java, etc) and experience shipping production applications * High agency with an ability to navigate ambiguity present in complex organizations. * High cooperation mindset for cross-organizational collaboration, balancing competing priorities with integrity. * Passion for advancing safe, beneficial AI systems through creative technical applications. * Strong communication skills to conduct discovery with customers and to convey technical concepts to diverse stakeholders while maintaining a low ego and collaborative approach. * A background in financial services, healthcare/life sciences, or another enterprise vertical is a plus. * Experience with enterprise IT systems and/or AI deployment patterns is a plus. * Experience working as an FDE or in a professional services context is a plus., Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. ## Description As a member of the Applied AI team at Anthropic, you will be a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) who embeds directly with our most strategic customers to drive transformational AI adoption. You will collaborate closely with customer teams to ship advanced AI applications that solve real world business problems. Our FDEs engage with customers to accelerate the adoption of existing products and create new applications built on our models. Working closely with our Post-Sales, Product, and Engineering teams, you'll combine engineering expertise, an understanding of frontier AI applications, and customer-facing skills to understand customer workflows and develop innovative solutions that address complex business challenges while maintaining our high standards for safety and reliability. You will sit at the frontier of enterprise AI deployments and serve as one of our founding FDEs who helps to shape our forward-deployed motion. We expect our FDEs to operate autonomously, thrive under ambiguity, and represent Anthropic at the highest level in customer environments. This is a significant responsibility: you'll play a key role in championing our mission in the enterprise., * Work within customer systems to build production applications with Claude models, ensuring that these products meet customer requirements. * Deliver technical artifacts for customers like MCP servers, sub-agents, and agent skills that will be used in production workflows. * Provide white glove deployment support for Anthropic products in enterprise environments. * Identify and codify repeatable deployment patterns and contribute insights back to our Product and Engineering teams. * Maintain strong knowledge of the latest developments in LLM capabilities, implementation patterns, and AI product development stacks. * Build long term relationships with customers and proactively identify new opportunities for AI deployment throughout the lifecycle of an engagement. * Potential Travel (based on location) to customer sites to build in person with customers. - Estimated 25% * Be a champion for Anthropic's mission in the field. ## Related Videos - [Do TypeScript without TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/327-do-typescript-without-typescript) - [Same Words, Different Worlds: Who's in Control?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2071-same-words-different-worlds-who-s-in-control) - [100 times more frequent deployments: How did we create a high performance team?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1069-100-times-more-frequent-deployments-how-did-we-create-a-high-performance-team) - [The Intent Engineer: Closing the Gap Between Business & Engineering - Manuel Klein](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1855-the-intent-engineer-closing-the-gap-between-business-engineering-manuel-klein) - [Vuejs and TypeScript- Working Together like Peanut Butter and Jelly](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/127-vuejs-and-typescript-working-together-like-peanut-butter-and-jelly) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Prompt Engineering is a Job of the Past](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/342-prompt-engineering-is-a-job-of-the-past) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)