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 "name": "LangChain Deployed Engineer postings, FDE Dispatch snapshot October 24, 2026",
 "publisher": "FDE Dispatch",
 "url": "https://fdedispatch.com/langchain-forward-deployed-engineer/",
 "snapshot_date": "2026-10-24",
 "population": "LangChain 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 17 come from LangChain's Ashby board. They count as FDE-family because the title rule includes 'deployed engineer'.",
 "affiliation_note": "FDE Dispatch is not affiliated with LangChain. Figures come from LangChain public job postings on the snapshot date.",
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  "fde_family_employers": 121,
  "langchain_share_pct": 2.3,
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   "Fireworks AI",
   "LangChain",
   "Nooks",
   "Workday",
   "Writer"
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   {
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   "Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Boston)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Charlotte)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Chicago)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Early Career-NYC)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Federal)",
   "Deployed Engineer (NYC)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Raleigh)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Seattle)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Singapore) - APAC",
   "Deployed Engineer (UK)",
   "Deployed Engineer, Professional Services",
   "Deployed Engineer, Professional Services (APAC)",
   "Deployed Engineer, Professional Services (NYC)",
   "Deployed Engineer, Professional Services (San Francisco)"
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    "title": "Deployed Engineer (Singapore) - APAC",
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   {
    "title": "Deployed Engineer (UK)",
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   {
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   "Dallas, TX",
   "Denver, CO",
   "Detroit, MI",
   "Las Vegas, NV",
   "Nashville, TN",
   "New York, NY",
   "Raleigh, NC",
   "San Diego, CA",
   "San Francisco, CA",
   "Seattle, WA",
   "Washington DC"
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  "all_employer_remote_listed_pct": 27.4,
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   "ElevenLabs": 9,
   "Cursor": 7,
   "LangChain": 7,
   "Cohere": 6,
   "Salesforce": 6
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   "Deployed Engineer (Chicago)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Federal)",
   "Deployed Engineer (Raleigh)",
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   "Deployed Engineer, Professional Services",
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   {
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   {
    "label": "blank",
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   {
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   {
    "title": "Deployed Engineer (Boston)",
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   {
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    "width": 115000,
    "label": "$185,000 to $300,000"
   },
   {
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    "label": "$150,000 to $300,000"
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   {
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   {
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   {
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   {
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  "all_employer_pct": 53.5,
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    "track": "Deployed Engineer, Professional Services",
    "years_min_stated": "4",
    "postings": 4
   }
  ]
 },
 "method": {
  "source_files": [
   "fde-postings-2026-10-24.json",
   "fde-locations-2026-10-24.json",
   "fde-skills-2026-10-25.csv"
  ],
  "filter": "company == LangChain and in_page_stats == true",
  "script": "scripts/build-langchain-aggregate.py",
  "tracks": "title text: 'Professional Services' -> Professional Services; 'Early Career' -> Early Career; else Deployed Engineer",
  "us_location": "locations index us_location (true = every listed location in the US)",
  "travel_upper_bound": "largest number in the stated percentage string"
 },
 "posted_or_updated": {
  "note": "These 17 listings were live on the October 24, 2026 snapshot; this is not a posting-date range."
 }
}