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 "name": "Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer postings, FDE Dispatch snapshot November 3, 2026",
 "publisher": "FDE Dispatch",
 "url": "https://fdedispatch.com/anthropic-forward-deployed-engineer/",
 "snapshot_date": "2026-11-03",
 "population": "Anthropic rows with in_page_stats = true in fde-postings-2026-11-03.json (the same 704-posting / 114-employer population counted on the November 3 postings snapshot). All 6 come from Anthropic's Greenhouse board. 4 are engineer-family titles (3 Forward Deployed Engineer in London, Munich and Paris; 1 Staff Forward Deployed Engineer in NYC/SF/Seattle) and 2 are Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering titles (NYC and London). One adjacent non-engineering title (GTM Strategy & Operations, FDE) is in the file with in_page_stats = false and is excluded from totals.",
 "affiliation_note": "FDE Dispatch is not affiliated with Anthropic. Figures come from Anthropic public job postings on the snapshot date, with posting texts re-checked on November 4, 2026 (America/Los_Angeles).",
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  "fde_family_postings": 704,
  "fde_family_employers": 114,
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  "employers_with_more_postings": 18,
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   "Applied Intuition",
   "C3 AI",
   "Clay",
   "DevRev",
   "Invisible Technologies"
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   "management": 2
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    "track": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
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    "track": "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering",
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    "track": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer",
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    "Forward Deployed Engineer / Munich, Germany",
    "Forward Deployed Engineer / Paris, France"
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   "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering": [
    "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering / London, UK",
    "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering / New York City, NY"
   ],
   "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer": [
    "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer / New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA"
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  "titles": [
   "Forward Deployed Engineer / London, UK",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer / Munich, Germany",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer / Paris, France",
   "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering / London, UK",
   "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering / New York City, NY",
   "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer / New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA"
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  "outside_us": 4,
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  "outside_us_pct": 66.7,
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    "title": "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering",
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   {
    "title": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer",
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   {
    "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
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   {
    "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
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   {
    "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
    "location": "Paris, France"
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   {
    "title": "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering",
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  "remote_field": "null on every Anthropic row; no role is counted as remote",
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  "mentioned": 6,
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  "note": "5 of 6 in-page rows state 25-50%; Staff Forward Deployed Engineer states 25%. Manager wording is 'Travel to customer sites as needed (25-50%)'."
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    "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
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    "pay_max": 255000,
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   {
    "title": "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering",
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    "pay_min": 320000,
    "pay_max": 405000,
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   {
    "title": "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering",
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    "pay_label_authored": "£255,000 to £325,000 GBP",
    "pay_min": 255000,
    "pay_max": 325000,
    "pay_currency": "GBP",
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   {
    "title": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer",
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    "pay_label_authored": "$280,000 to $320,000 USD",
    "pay_min": 280000,
    "pay_max": 320000,
    "pay_currency": "USD",
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   "Forward Deployed Engineer / Munich, Germany",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer / Paris, France"
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  "all_employer_us_engineer_postings_with_pay_oct24": 255
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  "note": "No equity-grant claim is made. The snapshot equity_mentioned flag is true because benefits boilerplate mentions optional equity donation matching."
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