{
 "name": "ElevenLabs Forward Deployed Engineer postings, FDE Dispatch snapshot October 24, 2026",
 "publisher": "FDE Dispatch",
 "url": "https://fdedispatch.com/elevenlabs-forward-deployed-engineer/",
 "snapshot_date": "2026-10-24",
 "population": "ElevenLabs 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). All 12 come from ElevenLabs's Ashby board. 8 are Deployment Strategist titles (6 country Deployment Strategist, 2 Deployment Strategist Lead) and 4 are Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer titles. Strategists outnumber engineers 8 to 4.",
 "affiliation_note": "FDE Dispatch is not affiliated with ElevenLabs. Figures come from ElevenLabs public job postings on the snapshot date.",
 "totals": {
  "elevenlabs_postings": 12,
  "fde_family_postings": 725,
  "fde_family_employers": 121,
  "elevenlabs_share_pct": 1.7,
  "rank_by_postings": 8,
  "tied_at_rank_with": [],
  "role_families": {
   "deployment_strategist": 8,
   "engineer": 4
  },
  "strategist_to_engineer_ratio": "2:1"
 },
 "title_wording": {
  "tracks": [
   {
    "track": "Deployment Strategist",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "track": "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "track": "Deployment Strategist Lead",
    "postings": 2
   }
  ],
  "titles_by_track": {
   "Deployment Strategist": [
    "Deployment Strategist - Argentina",
    "Deployment Strategist - Chile",
    "Deployment Strategist - Colombia",
    "Deployment Strategist - Italy",
    "Deployment Strategist - Mexico",
    "Deployment Strategist - South Korea"
   ],
   "Deployment Strategist Lead": [
    "Deployment Strategist Lead - India",
    "Deployment Strategist Lead - USA"
   ],
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer": [
    "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - Argentina",
    "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - Mexico",
    "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - USA",
    "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - United Kingdom"
   ]
  },
  "first_listed_locations_by_track": {
   "Deployment Strategist": [
    "Argentina",
    "Chile",
    "Colombia",
    "Italy",
    "Mexico",
    "South Korea"
   ],
   "Deployment Strategist Lead": [
    "India",
    "USA"
   ],
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer": [
    "Argentina",
    "Mexico",
    "USA",
    "United Kingdom"
   ]
  },
  "titles": [
   "Deployment Strategist - Argentina",
   "Deployment Strategist - Chile",
   "Deployment Strategist - Colombia",
   "Deployment Strategist - Italy",
   "Deployment Strategist - Mexico",
   "Deployment Strategist - South Korea",
   "Deployment Strategist Lead - India",
   "Deployment Strategist Lead - USA",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - Argentina",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - Mexico",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - USA",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - United Kingdom"
  ],
  "countries_named_in_titles": [
   "Argentina",
   "Chile",
   "Colombia",
   "Mexico",
   "Italy",
   "South Korea",
   "India",
   "USA",
   "United Kingdom"
  ]
 },
 "location": {
  "us_located": 2,
  "us_located_pct": 16.7,
  "outside_us": 10,
  "outside_us_pct": 83.3,
  "outside_us_all_postings_pct": 40.1,
  "us_titles": [
   "Deployment Strategist Lead - USA",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - USA"
  ],
  "outside_us_titles": [
   "Deployment Strategist - Argentina",
   "Deployment Strategist - Chile",
   "Deployment Strategist - Colombia",
   "Deployment Strategist - Italy",
   "Deployment Strategist - Mexico",
   "Deployment Strategist - South Korea",
   "Deployment Strategist Lead - India",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - Argentina",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - Mexico",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - United Kingdom"
  ]
 },
 "remote": {
  "remote_listed": 9,
  "remote_listed_pct": 75.0,
  "all_postings_remote_listed": 199,
  "all_postings_remote_listed_pct": 27.4,
  "not_remote_listed_titles": [
   "Deployment Strategist - Argentina",
   "Deployment Strategist - Chile",
   "Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - Argentina"
  ],
  "workplace_type": {
   "not stated": 3,
   "Remote": 9
  },
  "note": "Remote-listed uses the published locations-index definition. 9 of 12 list remote (workplace Remote). The Argentina Deployment Strategist, Chile Deployment Strategist and Argentina Forward Deployed Engineer rows leave remote and workplace blank on the Ashby capture."
 },
 "travel": {
  "mention_travel": 12,
  "state_percentage": 0,
  "note": "All 12 rows have travel_mentioned = true in the postings snapshot; none state a travel percentage. Hand-read posting texts: 4 of 4 engineer texts and 6 of 7 retrieved strategist texts say regular travel for customer onsites; Deployment Strategist Lead - USA has no customer-onsite travel sentence (only the benefits Social travel stipend). South Korea strategist text was not retrieved."
 },
 "posted_pay": {
  "postings_with_pay_range": 0,
  "note": "None of the 12 ElevenLabs postings list a pay range. Do not compare pay."
 },
 "equity": {
  "mentioned": 0,
  "mentioned_pct": 0.0,
  "all_employers_mentioned_pct": 53.5,
  "note": "equity_mentioned is false on all 12 ElevenLabs rows."
 },
 "requirements_index": {
  "source": "fde-skills-2026-10-25.csv (posting text re-fetched October 25, 2026; 563 engineer-title postings, 115 employers)",
  "elevenlabs_rows": 4,
  "all_rows": 563,
  "employers_with_10_plus_rows": 8,
  "note": "Only the 4 engineer-title ElevenLabs postings appear in the requirements index; the 8 Deployment Strategist postings are outside that engineer-title cut. ElevenLabs has fewer than 10 rows in the index, so it is not ranked among employers with 10+ rows. Published engineer comparisons are hand-verified against the 4 engineer posting texts.",
  "published_requirements": [
   {
    "requirement": "Python",
    "field": "python",
    "elevenlabs": 4,
    "elevenlabs_pct": 100.0,
    "all_postings": 429,
    "all_pct": 76.2,
    "rank_among_employers_10_plus_rows": null,
    "top_employers_10_plus_rows": []
   },
   {
    "requirement": "APIs or integrations",
    "field": "apis",
    "elevenlabs": 4,
    "elevenlabs_pct": 100.0,
    "all_postings": 393,
    "all_pct": 69.8,
    "rank_among_employers_10_plus_rows": null,
    "top_employers_10_plus_rows": []
   }
  ],
  "unreliable_keyword_flags": {
   "note": "customer_facing is 0 of 4 in the index even though every engineer role text describes embedding with strategic customers and asks for experience working with customers, so that flag is not used as an ElevenLabs comparison.",
   "flags": {
    "customer_facing": {
     "index_count": 0,
     "issue": "undercounts relative to the posting texts"
    }
   }
  },
  "years_min_stated": {
   "postings_stating_years": 0,
   "of_rows": 4,
   "note": "None of the 4 engineer-title rows state a years-of-experience figure."
  }
 },
 "strategist_texts_oct28": {
  "source": "Full posting texts re-fetched October 28, 2026 for 7 of 8 ElevenLabs Deployment Strategist rows (Deployment Strategist - South Korea text was not retrieved).",
  "texts_retrieved": 7,
  "strategist_postings": 8,
  "missing_title": "Deployment Strategist - South Korea",
  "published_requirements": [
   {
    "requirement": "Python",
    "field": "python",
    "of_7_texts": 7,
    "note": "All 7 retrieved texts ask for basic Python proficiency.",
    "pct_of_7_texts": 100.0
   },
   {
    "requirement": "APIs or integrations",
    "field": "apis",
    "of_7_texts": 7,
    "note": "All 7 retrieved texts ask for API integration familiarity.",
    "pct_of_7_texts": 100.0
   },
   {
    "requirement": "AI agents or agentic systems",
    "field": "agents",
    "of_7_texts": 5,
    "note": "The 5 country Deployment Strategist texts; both Lead texts do not ask for agents in the role body after About-section stripping.",
    "pct_of_7_texts": 71.4
   },
   {
    "requirement": "LLMs or generative AI",
    "field": "llm_genai",
    "of_7_texts": 5,
    "note": "The 5 country Deployment Strategist texts ask for familiarity with common LLM tooling; both Lead texts do not.",
    "pct_of_7_texts": 71.4
   },
   {
    "requirement": "Customer-facing work",
    "field": "customer_facing",
    "of_7_texts": 5,
    "note": "The 5 country Deployment Strategist texts match the customer-facing phrase patterns; both Lead texts do not.",
    "pct_of_7_texts": 71.4
   }
  ],
  "years_min_stated": {
   "postings_stating_years": 5,
   "of_texts": 7,
   "first_stated_minimum": 3,
   "note": "The 5 country Deployment Strategist texts state 3+ years working with customers in a technical capacity. Both Lead texts state no years figure."
  },
  "unreliable_keyword_flags": {
   "note": "The automated travel flag on Deployment Strategist Lead - USA is an overcount (benefits Social travel stipend only; no customer-onsite travel sentence), so travel is not published as 7 of 7. Hand-read: 6 of 7 retrieved strategist texts state regular travel for customer onsites.",
   "flags": {
    "travel": {
     "issue": "overcounts on Deployment Strategist Lead - USA",
     "hand_verified_customer_onsite_travel_of_7": 6
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "method": {
  "filter": "company == ElevenLabs and in_page_stats == true",
  "board": "Ashby (board token elevenlabs), pulled October 24, 2026",
  "track": "title text",
  "location_and_remote": "published locations-index definitions",
  "engineer_requirements": "October 25, 2026 requirements index; only python and apis published after hand verification against the 4 engineer texts",
  "strategist_requirements": "Hand verification against 7 of 8 strategist texts re-fetched October 28, 2026",
  "pay": "none listed; do not invent or compare pay",
  "caveat": "Counts are open postings on one day and do not measure headcount. Twelve postings is a small sample."
 },
 "posted_or_updated": {
  "guide_published": "2026-11-02",
  "snapshot_pulled": "2026-10-24",
  "engineer_texts_refetched": "2026-10-25",
  "strategist_texts_refetched": "2026-10-28"
 }
}