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Applied Intuition Forward Deployed Engineer: what the postings ask for

By Kris Diallo · Founder, FDE Dispatch · November 2026

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Applied Intuition posts Forward Deployed seats under engineer titles in Sunnyvale, London, Munich, Tokyo and Seoul. In FDE Dispatch's November 3, 2026 snapshot of public job boards, Applied Intuition has 6 in-page postings, all engineer family, tied for 19th of 114 employers with Anthropic, C3 AI, Clay, DevRev and Invisible Technologies (18 employers have more). Three of the six are New Grad (2027) titles. Under the locations-index method (board marks remote with Greenhouse flags excluded, or a listed location contains Remote; Coinbase Remote Zone excluded), 0 of 6 are remote against 176 of 704 (25.0%). Sunnyvale Forward Deployed Software Engineer posts US base pay from $130,000 to $200,000. On the November 7, 2026 live check, all 6 were still open. FDE Dispatch is not affiliated with Applied Intuition; the figures come from Applied Intuition's public job postings.

What Applied Intuition calls the role

Applied Intuition posts six engineer-family Forward Deployed seats on one Ashby board. Half are New Grad (2027) titles. None are intern seats.

Experienced seats are Forward Deployed Software Engineer in Sunnyvale (Software Engineering - Autonomy), Forward Deployed Engineer in London (Software Engineering - Defense), and Forward Deployed Engineer (EMEA) in Munich (Application Engineering). New Grad (2027) seats are Sunnyvale, Tokyo and Seoul, all under the 2026-2027 New Grad department.

Title Location Years Posted pay Live Nov 7
Forward Deployed Software EngineerSunnyvale3-6 years$130,000 to $200,000Open
Forward Deployed EngineerLondonnone stated£100,000 to £160,000 (snapshot); none liveOpen
Forward Deployed Engineer (EMEA)Munich6+ yearsnone postedOpen
Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027)Sunnyvale1+ year any field$130,000 to $158,000Open
Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027)Tokyo~2 years any fieldnone postedOpen
Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027)Seoul~2 years any fieldnone postedOpen
Total (in-page)5 cities6 engineer2 US live + London snapshot6 of 6 open

Title variants across employers are on Forward Deployed Engineer job titles.

What the experienced seats ask for

Forward Deployed Software Engineer in Sunnyvale asks for 3-6 years of experience in software engineering and Bachelor's degree in engineering or a relevant field. Stack: Strong engineer with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as C++, Python. Scope: Tackle a broad range of technical challenges, including software engineering, operating system configuration, system deployment, and hardware integration. Customer work: You'll work with customers, integrating our tools, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks in challenging operational environments. Preferred background: Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering.

Forward Deployed Engineer in London states no years figure. Stack matches Sunnyvale: Strong engineer with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as C++, Python, with Broad technical experience across software engineering, operating systems, and some hardware. Customer work: You'll work with defence and government customers, integrating our tools, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks with defence platforms in challenging operational environments. and from defence contractors to forward operating bases. Clearance: Must have ability to hold UK Security Clearance (current or previous preferred). How clearance lines appear across employers is on do forward deployed engineer jobs require a security clearance.

Forward Deployed Engineer (EMEA) in Munich asks for 6+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of shipping production code. The seat is framed as Applied Intuition is building a new Forward Deployed Engineering team in Munich — the first of its kind in our EMEA organization. Customers: tier-1 automotive OEMs and suppliers across the EMEA region and beyond. Ship examples: build net-new features, standalone applications, and integrations that solve real customer problems (examples: scenario tooling, data pipeline applications, evaluation frameworks, custom simulation workflows). Stack: Full-stack development skills — comfortable across backend, API layer, and frontend as needed, with nice-to-have Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). No degree line and no posted pay. The Munich text also states This is not a support or customer success role.

The full skill counts across employers are on Forward Deployed Engineer skills.

The New Grad (2027) seats

Three of six Applied Intuition seats are titled Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027). Snapshot-wide, 22 of 704 in-page titles contain "New Grad": Palantir 17, Applied Intuition 3, C3 AI 2. Applied Intuition is second by that title count.

Sunnyvale asks for BS/MS degree (completed or in progress) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, graduating December 2026 or Summer 2027 and 1+ year of experience in any field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Tokyo and Seoul ask for the same BS/MS line with graduating March 2027 timing and ~2 years of experience in any field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

All three ask for Strong programming skills, with proficiency in languages such as C++ or Python. Nice-to-haves include Working knowledge of frontend, API layer, database ORM, containerization, or cluster orchestration frameworks (such as React, GraphQL, SQLAlchemy, Docker, or Kubernetes) and Experience working with simulation tools, modeling physical problems, or using robotics middleware (such as ROS). Sunnyvale New Grad posts US base pay from $130,000 to $158,000 with Offers Equity in the live compensation summary. Tokyo and Seoul have no posted pay. Entry paths across employers are on entry-level Forward Deployed Engineer jobs.

Languages and systems work

London, Sunnyvale Forward Deployed Software Engineer, and all three New Grad seats name C++ and Python. Munich names full-stack backend, API, and frontend work with Docker and Kubernetes as nice-to-haves, without naming a language.

London and Sunnyvale FDSE also ask for operating system configuration, system deployment, and hardware integration on Vehicle OS and autonomy stacks.

Posted pay

Two US ranges were still shown live on November 7, 2026. Sunnyvale Forward Deployed Software Engineer posts US base pay from $130,000 to $200,000. Sunnyvale New Grad posts US base pay from $130,000 to $158,000. London recorded £100,000 to £160,000 in the November 3, 2026 snapshot; on November 7 the live listing showed no pay range. Munich, Tokyo and Seoul have no posted pay. These are annual ranges as posted. Do not treat them as OTE. Posted ranges are not offers.

Seat Location As posted
Forward Deployed Software EngineerSunnyvale$130,000 to $200,000 (live Nov 7)
Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027)Sunnyvale$130,000 to $158,000 · Offers Equity (live Nov 7)
Forward Deployed EngineerLondon£100,000 to £160,000 (Nov 3 snapshot only)

Equity language on Sunnyvale FDSE is equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units. No grant sizes are stated. Broader posted ranges across employers are on Forward Deployed Engineer salary.

Where the roles are and the in-office rule

Under the locations-index method (board marks posting remote with Greenhouse flags excluded, or a listed location contains Remote; Coinbase Remote Zone excluded), 0 of 6 are remote, against 176 of 704 (25.0%) across the snapshot. Every seat is labeled on-site.

All six texts state We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. The same paragraph allows flexibility: This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. Five office days are expected, with some schedule flexibility. None of these seats are remote seats.

Locations are Sunnyvale (FDSE and New Grad), London, Munich, Tokyo and Seoul. Metro figures for every employer are on Forward Deployed Engineer jobs by location.

Travel

Munich is the only seat with a stated percentage: Travel regularly: expected 25–40% on-site at customer locations across Germany and EMEA. London and Sunnyvale Forward Deployed Software Engineer share General willingness to travel for company business between our offices, as well as to customer sites with no percentage. The three New Grad seats have no travel line. Employer travel figures are on how much forward deployed engineers travel.

Clearance

Only London states a clearance line: Must have ability to hold UK Security Clearance (current or previous preferred). The other five open November 7 texts do not mention a clearance, U.S. Person rule, ITAR, or export control. The same London line appears on do forward deployed engineer jobs require a security clearance.

What this means if you are preparing for an Applied Intuition FDE loop

  1. Match the seat by years and customer vertical. Sunnyvale FDSE sits at 3 to 6 years with Vehicle OS and autonomy work. London pairs the same stack with defense customers and UK clearance ability. Munich is a founding EMEA FDE seat at 6+ years with automotive OEMs and 25 to 40% travel.
  2. Bring C++ and Python when the text names them. Five of six seats name those languages. Munich asks for full-stack shipping instead of a named language.
  3. Treat remote as unavailable here. 0 of 6 are remote under the locations-index method used on this site, and every text states a five-day in-office expectation.
  4. Treat posted bands as posted ranges only. Sunnyvale FDSE posts $130,000 to $200,000. Sunnyvale New Grad posts $130,000 to $158,000. London's GBP band appears in the November 3 snapshot only. Posted ranges are not offers.

Round formats for FDE loops are on the FDE interview loop, explained, and practice prompts on FDE interview practice questions.

Live check November 7, 2026

On November 7, 2026 (PT), FDE Dispatch re-fetched Applied Intuition's public Ashby job board API. All 6 snapshot in-page postings were still listed among 322 total jobs on the applied board. No closures. London's live compensation was empty after showing £100,000 to £160,000 in the November 3 snapshot. Sunnyvale FDSE still showed $130K to $200K. Sunnyvale New Grad still showed $130K to $158K with Offers Equity. Posting links on this page go to jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied and returned HTTP 200 on November 7.

Method and data

Population: the 6 Applied Intuition rows counted in page statistics among the 704 FDE-family postings from 114 employers in the November 3, 2026 postings snapshot. All 6 come from Applied Intuition's public Ashby board and are engineer-family titles. Rank by posting count is 19th, tied with Anthropic, C3 AI, Clay, DevRev and Invisible Technologies at 6; 18 employers have more (Databricks 115, Palantir 105, Salesforce 51, Accenture 39, OpenAI 33, LangChain 16, Cognition 15, Cohere 13, ElevenLabs 12, Cursor 11, Scale AI 11, Chalk 9, Cloudflare 9, Saronic 9, Snowflake 9, Shield AI 8, Thomson Reuters 8, Adobe 7).

Track comes from the title. Remote uses the locations-index method (board marks posting remote (Greenhouse flags excluded) or a listed location contains Remote; Coinbase Remote Zone excluded), the same method as the November 3 change log at 176 of 704 (25.0%). Travel mentions, equity language, and snapshot pay fields come from the snapshot rows; years, stack, degree, travel, clearance, in-office and customer sentences are hand-verified from the posting texts re-fetched November 7, 2026. Counts are open postings on one day and do not measure headcount.

Downloads: Applied Intuition JSON, field notes, and the per-posting November 3 postings JSON. All published datasets are listed on FDE Dispatch job-posting data. Built by scripts/build-applied-intuition-aggregate.py from the snapshot plus scripts/applied-intuition-evidence-2026-11-07.json.

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Questions people ask

Does Applied Intuition hire Forward Deployed Engineers?

Yes. Applied Intuition had 6 Forward Deployed engineer postings in FDE Dispatch's November 3, 2026 snapshot, all engineer family, tied for 19th of 114 employers with Anthropic, C3 AI, Clay, DevRev and Invisible Technologies: Forward Deployed Software Engineer in Sunnyvale; Forward Deployed Engineer in London; Forward Deployed Engineer (EMEA) in Munich; and Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027) in Sunnyvale, Tokyo and Seoul. On November 7, 2026, all 6 were still open on Applied Intuition's Ashby board.

How much does an Applied Intuition Forward Deployed Engineer make?

Two of Applied Intuition's six FDE postings list a US pay range that was still shown live on November 7, 2026. Forward Deployed Software Engineer in Sunnyvale lists US base pay from $130,000 to $200,000. Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027) in Sunnyvale lists US base pay from $130,000 to $158,000 and Offers Equity. The London Forward Deployed Engineer seat recorded £100,000 to £160,000 in the November 3, 2026 snapshot; on November 7 the live listing showed no pay range. Munich, Tokyo and Seoul have no posted pay. These are annual ranges as posted. Do not treat them as OTE. Posted ranges are not offers.

What do Applied Intuition Forward Deployed Engineer postings ask for?

Years and stack differ by seat. Sunnyvale Forward Deployed Software Engineer asks for 3 to 6 years of software engineering and proficiency in languages such as C++ and Python, plus operating system configuration, system deployment, and hardware integration on Vehicle OS and autonomy stacks. London asks for C++ and Python and UK Security Clearance ability, with no years figure stated, and works with defense and government customers. Munich asks for 6+ years of software engineering, full-stack skills, and 25 to 40% travel with tier-1 automotive OEMs. The three New Grad (2027) seats ask for a BS/MS completed or in progress, about 1 to 2 years of experience in any field or equivalent education and experience, and C++ or Python.

Are Applied Intuition Forward Deployed Engineer jobs remote?

Under the locations-index method (board marks posting remote with Greenhouse flags excluded, or a listed location contains Remote; Coinbase Remote Zone excluded), 0 of 6 Applied Intuition seats are remote, against 176 of 704 (25.0%) across the snapshot. Every seat is labeled on-site. All six texts state that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week, with occasional remote flexibility. Locations are Sunnyvale, London, Munich, Tokyo and Seoul.

Do Applied Intuition Forward Deployed Engineer roles require a security clearance?

Only the London Forward Deployed Engineer seat states a clearance line: ability to hold UK Security Clearance, with current or previous clearance preferred. The other five open November 7 texts do not mention a clearance, U.S. Person rule, ITAR, or export control.

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