What forward deployed engineer roles require at tech companies · 64 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
64 forward deployed engineer roles counted in the window, one per company, title and level; 415 software postings open now, all titles and levels.
In short
Python is required most often, in 41 of 63 (65%) forward deployed engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then AI (22) and AWS (19). Among roles that state years, 29 of 41 ask for at least 5 years. We counted 64 roles from 48 employers.
- Python
- 41 of 63 (65%)
- Required most often, of the roles we could read
- 5+ years
- 29 of 41
- Of roles stating years
- Remote roles
- 31 of 64 (48%)
- Of the roles we could read for it
What the postings ask for
Out of the 63 roles whose requirements we could read, of 64 in all. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 41 of 63 (65%) |
| AI | 22 of 63 (35%) |
| AWS | 19 of 63 (30%) |
| TypeScript | 19 of 63 (30%) |
| JavaScript | 18 of 63 (29%) |
| LLMs | 17 of 63 (27%) |
| GCP | 15 of 63 (24%) |
| Azure | 14 of 63 (22%) |
| CI/CD | 13 of 63 (21%) |
| AI Agents | 12 of 63 (19%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 9 of 63 (14%) |
| LLMs | 9 of 63 (14%) |
| Open Source | 7 of 63 (11%) |
| AI | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| GCP | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| RAG | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| AWS | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| CI/CD | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| Docker | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| Terraform | 5 of 63 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 41 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 41 of 41
- 2+ years
- 40 of 41
- 3+ years
- 37 of 41
- 5+ years
- 29 of 41
- 8+ years
- 4 of 41
- 10+ years
- 3 of 41
Degree
Of the 54 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 1 of 54 (2%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 8 of 54 (15%)
- Preferred
- 4 of 54 (7%)
- Not mentioned
- 41 of 54 (76%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 64 roles we could read for it
- Roles stating pay
- 26 of 64 (41%)
- Remote roles
- 31 of 64 (48%)
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Companies with the most forward deployed engineer roles
- Databricks4 roles
- Palantir4 roles
- Anthropic2 roles
- Cloudflare2 roles
- Cursor2 roles
- Deepgram2 roles
- GitLab2 roles
- Modal2 roles
- Okta2 roles
- OpenAI2 roles
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How we count: 64 roles from 48 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology