$170,000–$220,000
Forward Deployed Engineer
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Pay not postedCupertino, CAFull-time
Embed with Sales teams to translate ambiguous business problems into concrete engineering specifications and shippable code.
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Median $190K
Senior FDE postings1,864 postings · middle 50% of posted pay$160K–$220KThe work
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- Pre-sales (not covered)
- Proof of concept
- Implementation
- Operations
- Coding
- Writes production code
- Builds for
- Internal teams
- Level
- Senior
- Role
- Individual contributor
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What you’ll do
- Build end-to-end prototypes across backend, data, and frontend layers that solve real Sales problems today.
- Bring learnings from user engagement back to influence the roadmap of the internal AI-driven insight platform.
- Partner with data scientists and product managers to operationalize prototype code into production-grade services.
- Represent the platform to executive leadership, partner teams, and frontline Sales users.
What you’ll bring
- 8+ years in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Architecture, full-stack product engineering, or related cross-functional role.
- Strong full-stack skills with proficiency in Python and JavaScript/Node.js.
- Familiarity with SQL and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Snowflake).
- Functional literacy in AI/ML concepts, including LLM lifecycle (prompts, retrieval, evaluation, inference).
About Apple
Designs and sells iPhone, Mac, iPad, Watch, and Vision Pro plus a $100B+ Services layer (App Store, iCloud, Apple Pay, Music, TV+) atop a 2.5B device installed base.
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