{
 "name": "Databricks FDE-family postings (Forward Deployed Engineer, management and strategist titles), FDE Dispatch snapshot October 24, 2026",
 "publisher": "FDE Dispatch",
 "url": "https://fdedispatch.com/databricks-forward-deployed-engineer/",
 "snapshot_date": "2026-10-24",
 "population": "Databricks rows with in_page_stats = true in fde-postings-2026-10-24.json (the same 725-posting / 121-employer population counted on the salary, job titles, locations and travel pages).",
 "affiliation_note": "FDE Dispatch is not affiliated with Databricks. Figures come from Databricks public job postings on the snapshot date.",
 "totals": {
  "databricks_postings": 122,
  "fde_family_postings": 725,
  "fde_family_employers": 121,
  "other_employers": 120,
  "databricks_share_of_postings_pct": 16.8,
  "engineer_family": 88,
  "management": 25,
  "deployment_strategist": 9
 },
 "role_families": {
  "engineer": 88,
  "management": 25,
  "deployment_strategist": 9
 },
 "title_families": [
  {
   "family": "Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer",
   "postings": 66
  },
  {
   "family": "Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering",
   "postings": 10
  },
  {
   "family": "Deployment Strategist",
   "postings": 9
  },
  {
   "family": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
   "postings": 8
  },
  {
   "family": "Engagement Manager, FDE",
   "postings": 8
  },
  {
   "family": "AI Engineer (FDE)",
   "postings": 4
  },
  {
   "family": "Field Technical Program Manager, FDE",
   "postings": 4
  },
  {
   "family": "AI Forward Deployed Engineer",
   "postings": 3
  },
  {
   "family": "Forward Deployed Engineering Architect",
   "postings": 3
  },
  {
   "family": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer",
   "postings": 3
  },
  {
   "family": "Technical Program Manager, FDE",
   "postings": 3
  },
  {
   "family": "Associate Forward Deployed Engineer",
   "postings": 1
  }
 ],
 "vertical_by_title_text": {
  "method": "Classified from title text only, first match in order: Communications/Media/Entertainment/Games (CMEG), Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail, Digital Native Business (DNB), Manufacturing, Public Sector / National Security, Emerging Enterprise; unlabeled = none of those.",
  "counts": [
   {
    "vertical": "unlabeled",
    "postings": 54
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games",
    "postings": 17
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Public Sector / National Security",
    "postings": 10
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Financial Services",
    "postings": 10
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Digital Native Business",
    "postings": 9
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Healthcare & Life Sciences",
    "postings": 9
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Retail",
    "postings": 8
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Manufacturing",
    "postings": 5
   }
  ]
 },
 "new_grad_and_internship_by_title_text": {
  "method": "Classified from title text (new grad / internship). The dataset intern flag is false for every Databricks row in this snapshot.",
  "intern_flag_true": 0,
  "new_grad_titles": 0,
  "internship_titles": 0
 },
 "workplace": {
  "note": "Workplace-type buckets (onsite / hybrid / remote / blank) sum to the posting total. remote_listed is a separate location/remote flag, not a workplace bucket.",
  "remote_listed": 95,
  "remote_listed_among_blank_workplace": 95,
  "onsite": 0,
  "hybrid": 0,
  "remote": 0,
  "blank": 122,
  "other": 0
 },
 "location": {
  "us_located": 78,
  "outside_us": 44,
  "top_locations": [
   {
    "location": "United States",
    "postings": 10
   },
   {
    "location": "London, United Kingdom",
    "postings": 8
   },
   {
    "location": "Remote - India",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "location": "San Francisco, California",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "location": "Washington, D.C.",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "location": "Chicago, Illinois",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "location": "New York City, New York",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "location": "Singapore",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "location": "Austin, Texas",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "location": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "location": "Boston, Massachusetts",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "location": "Dallas, Texas",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "location": "Mountain View, California",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Tokyo, Japan",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Munich, Germany",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Atlanta, Georgia",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Seattle, Washington",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Seoul, South Korea",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Amsterdam, Netherlands",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Stockholm, Sweden",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Central - United States; Northeast - United States; Southeast - United States",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Remote - Washington D.C.",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Paris, France",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Bengaluru, India",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Denver, Colorado",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Remote - California",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Central - United States",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Berlin, Germany; Munich, Germany",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C.",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "India",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Brazil",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Belgrade, Serbia; Berlin, Germany; Munich, Germany",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Dallas, Texas; New Jersey; New York",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Sydney, Australia",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; New York City, New York; Washington, D.C.",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Remote - Mexico ",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Remote - Virginia; Remote - Washington D.C.",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Western Australia, Australia",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Raleigh, North Carolina",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Los Angeles, California",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Remote - New York",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "West Coast - United States",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Charlotte, North Carolina",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Alabama; Remote - Virginia; Remote - Washington D.C.",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Northeast - United States; Southeast - United States",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Boston, Massachusetts; Delaware; Maryland; Remote - California; Remote - New York; Remote - Washington D.C.; Virginia; West Virginia",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Alabama; Berkeley, California; California; Connecticut; Los Angeles, California; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; San Diego, California; Washington",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "USCA",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ]
 },
 "travel": {
  "mentioned": 99,
  "mentioned_pct": 81.1,
  "pct_stated": 88,
  "pct_stated_pct": 72.1,
  "median_upper_bound": 20.0,
  "median_lower_bound": 20.0,
  "all_employer_median_upper_bound": 30.0,
  "all_employer_median_upper_bound_source": "fde-travel-2026-10-24.json median_upper_bound across 313 stating postings in the same 725-posting snapshot",
  "bands_normalized": [
   {
    "band": "20%",
    "postings": 75
   },
   {
    "band": "20-25%",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "band": "25-50%",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "band": "50%",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "band": "20-30%",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ],
  "note": "Normalized bands collapse en-dash and hyphen variants (for example '20 - 30%' and '20-30%' both count as 20-30%)."
 },
 "posted_us_pay": {
  "note": "Posted ranges as published on US-located USD postings. Posted ranges are not offers.",
  "engineer": {
   "us_usd_postings_with_pay": 61,
   "ranges_as_posted": [
    {
     "pay_min": 182000,
     "pay_max": 250208,
     "postings": 60,
     "label": "$182,000 to $250,208"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 152900,
     "pay_max": 210155,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$152,900 to $210,155"
    }
   ]
  },
  "management": {
   "us_usd_postings_with_pay": 9,
   "ranges_as_posted": [
    {
     "pay_min": 178800,
     "pay_max": 245850,
     "postings": 2,
     "label": "$178,800 to $245,850"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 156000,
     "pay_max": 214500,
     "postings": 2,
     "label": "$156,000 to $214,500"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 219800,
     "pay_max": 302150,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$219,800 to $302,150"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 189200,
     "pay_max": 260150,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$189,200 to $260,150"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 211800,
     "pay_max": 291300,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$211,800 to $291,300"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 130300,
     "pay_max": 179200,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$130,300 to $179,200"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 140400,
     "pay_max": 193050,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$140,400 to $193,050"
    }
   ]
  },
  "deployment_strategist": {
   "us_usd_postings_with_pay": 7,
   "ranges_as_posted": [
    {
     "pay_min": 219765,
     "pay_max": 302220,
     "postings": 6,
     "label": "$219,765 to $302,220"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 182000,
     "pay_max": 250208,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$182,000 to $250,208"
    }
   ]
  },
  "all_employer_us_engineer_median_midpoint": 216104,
  "all_employer_us_engineer_employer_once_median_midpoint": 208000,
  "all_employer_pay_source": "forward-deployed-engineer-salary page figures for 255 US engineer-title postings with pay in the same snapshot"
 },
 "comparison_to_snapshot": {
  "databricks_postings": 122,
  "all_in_page_stats_postings": 725,
  "share_pct": 16.8,
  "employers_in_snapshot": 121,
  "other_employers": 120,
  "databricks_remote_listed": 95,
  "all_remote_any": 199,
  "all_remote_any_pct": 27.4,
  "all_remote_source": "fde-locations-2026-10-24.json summary.remote_any (published on /fde-job-locations/ as 199 / 27.4%; wider than the postings remote_listed field of 191 / 26.3%)",
  "databricks_onsite": 0,
  "databricks_hybrid": 0,
  "databricks_workplace_blank": 122
 },
 "posted_or_updated": {
  "note": "These 122 listings were live on the October 24, 2026 snapshot. The ATS posted_or_updated field can show dates earlier for evergreen listings; it is not a posting-date range and should not be read as when the role opened."
 },
 "method": {
  "source_file": "fde-postings-2026-10-24.json",
  "filter": "company == Databricks and in_page_stats == true",
  "script": "scripts/build-databricks-aggregate.py",
  "travel_upper_bound": "largest number in travel_pct_stated",
  "us_pay": "us_location true, USD, first posted range on the row",
  "workplace_normalization": "workplace_type lowercased; missing -> blank; OnSite -> onsite, Hybrid -> hybrid. remote_listed is counted separately."
 }
}