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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