Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
Anthropic FDE salary
9 postings · median $300,000 · middle half $278,000–$350,000 · read
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Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DCOn-site
$280,000–$320,000
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
$320,000–$405,000
Plans what the customer deploys first
Technical Deployment Lead
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +2 moreBoston, MA +3Hybrid
$275,000–$380,000
Builds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Demo Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
Proves it works before the sale
Applied AI, Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$400,000
Proves it works before the sale
Applied AI Architect, Commercial
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
4 of these 9 jobs build what the customer runs.
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