Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
View job →FDE jobs at Scale AI
Scale AI's FDE and deployment roles connect customer engineering to data, model evaluation, GenAI applications, and public-sector systems.
Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people
21 postings, 1 new in the last 30 days11 metrosmedian posted base $233,000Careers at Scale AI ↗read
21 open FDE roles at Scale AI
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
View job →Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$180,000–$225,000
View job →Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Honolulu, HI · +1 moreDenver, CO +2
$196,000–$245,000
View job →Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$265,000–$331,000
View job →Show 15 more titles (16 postings)
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
View job →Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$180,000–$225,000
View job →Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
View job →Field Engineer, Public Sector
Honolulu, HI · Omaha, NE · +2 moreHonolulu, HI +3
$150,400–$226,550
View job →Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
View job →Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$180,000–$225,000
View job →Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
View job →Plans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$200,000–$345,000
View job →Plans what the customer deploys first
Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector
Washington, DC
$166,400–$208,000
View job →$166,400–$249,000
View job →Leads the deployment team
Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1
$252,000–$331,000
2 postings
- New York, NY · 11d ago · $252,000–$315,000View job →
- San Francisco, CA · 9mo ago · $265,000–$331,000View job →
Builds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
View job →Builds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, ARC Team
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$138,000–$259,440
View job →$203,200–$254,000
View job →Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
View job →13 of 21 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it.
Compare these roles with pay ranges at other US FDE employers.
How Scale AI describes FDE work
Scale AI's postings include Frontier Agents Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Field Engineer, Software Engineer, Deployment Strategist, and technical program and leadership roles. Read the original posting to see whether the job builds systems, coordinates delivery, or supports a public-sector program.
Mention travel
How often postings mention travel
38% of postings · US 42%
About average
Senior or staff level
Senior-level responsibility or above
100% of postings · US 94%
Above average
Require production code
Postings that involve writing production code
86% of postings · US 80%
Above average
Remote allowed
Not enough postings say
Work for external customers
Work done for people outside the company
100% of postings · US 86%
Above average
Include pre-sales work
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
10% of postings · US 24%
Below average
0%50%100%
Scale AI’s postings serve external customers more often than the US average (100% vs 86%) and involve pre-sales less often (10% vs 24%).
Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →
Pay at Scale AI
Median posted base $233,000 · US senior FDE median $190,000
From 21 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. Compare pay across all Scale AI postings →
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