What staff forward deployed engineer roles require at tech companies · 3 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
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In short
CI/CD is required most often, in 3 of 3 staff forward deployed engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then AI (2) and AWS (2). Among roles that state years, 2 of 2 ask for at least 5 years. We counted 3 roles, each at a different employer.
- CI/CD
- 3 of 3
- Required most often, of the roles we could read
- 5+ years
- 2 of 2
- Of roles stating years
- Remote roles
- 2 of 3
- Of the roles we could read for it
What the postings ask for
Out of the 3 roles whose requirements we could read, of 3 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 3 of 3 |
| AI | 2 of 3 |
| AWS | 2 of 3 |
| Azure | 2 of 3 |
| Cybersecurity | 2 of 3 |
| Data Pipelines | 2 of 3 |
| Databricks | 2 of 3 |
| Distributed Systems | 2 of 3 |
| GCP | 2 of 3 |
| Go | 2 of 3 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AI Agents | 1 of 3 |
| Distributed Systems | 1 of 3 |
| Docker | 1 of 3 |
| GitLab CI | 1 of 3 |
| Kubernetes | 1 of 3 |
| LLMs | 1 of 3 |
| Linux | 1 of 3 |
| Open Source | 1 of 3 |
| Performance Analysis | 1 of 3 |
| PostgreSQL | 1 of 3 |
Experience
Of the 2 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 2 of 2
- 2+ years
- 2 of 2
- 3+ years
- 2 of 2
- 5+ years
- 2 of 2
- 8+ years
- 0 of 2
- 10+ years
- 0 of 2
Degree
Of the 3 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 0 of 3
- Required, or experience instead
- 0 of 3
- Preferred
- 0 of 3
- Not mentioned
- 3 of 3
Pay and remote work
Of the 3 roles we could read for it
- Roles stating pay
- 2 of 3
- Remote roles
- 2 of 3
Questions about staff forward deployed engineer roles
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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: 3 roles in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology