2026-09-12

FDE Hiring Concentrates at Four Firms

UPSTREAM TITLE: Forward Deployed Engineer Jobs: Who Is Really Hiring

SHORT SUMMARY: Valletta Software's September 8 census found FDE hiring concentrated at Palantir, Databricks, OpenAI and Anthropic, with 77 of Palantir's 310 openings and 94 of Databricks' 870 openings classed as forward deployed. Its requisition-age analysis says Palantir largely maintains an evergreen pipeline while Databricks and Anthropic show fresher active hiring, and it warns that reporting lines determine whether FDE work shapes product or functions as professional services.

OUTLET: Valletta Software

LINK: https://vallettasoftware.com/blog/post/companies-hiring-forward-deployed-engineers