{
 "name": "OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineer postings, FDE Dispatch snapshot October 24, 2026",
 "publisher": "FDE Dispatch",
 "url": "https://fdedispatch.com/openai-forward-deployed-engineer/",
 "snapshot_date": "2026-10-24",
 "population": "OpenAI 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 OpenAI. Figures come from OpenAI public job postings on the snapshot date.",
 "totals": {
  "openai_postings": 32,
  "fde_family_postings": 725,
  "fde_family_employers": 121,
  "other_employers": 120,
  "openai_share_of_postings_pct": 4.4,
  "engineer_family": 29,
  "management": 3,
  "deployment_strategist": 0
 },
 "role_families": {
  "engineer": 29,
  "management": 3,
  "deployment_strategist": 0
 },
 "title_families": [
  {
   "family": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
   "postings": 19
  },
  {
   "family": "Deployment Lead",
   "postings": 4
  },
  {
   "family": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer",
   "postings": 4
  },
  {
   "family": "Manager, Forward Deployed / AI Deployment",
   "postings": 3
  },
  {
   "family": "Forward Deployed Security Engineer",
   "postings": 1
  },
  {
   "family": "Partner AI Deployment Engineer",
   "postings": 1
  }
 ],
 "vertical_by_title_text": {
  "method": "Classified from title text only. Healthcare, Legal, Financial Services, Government (gov/government/USG/federal), Spanish-speaking; unlabeled = none of those.",
  "counts": [
   {
    "vertical": "unlabeled",
    "postings": 23
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Healthcare",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Legal",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Spanish-speaking",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Financial Services",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "vertical": "Government",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ]
 },
 "new_grad_and_internship_by_title_text": {
  "method": "Classified from title text (new grad / internship). The dataset intern flag is false for every OpenAI row in this snapshot.",
  "intern_flag_true": 0,
  "new_grad_titles": 0,
  "internship_titles": 0
 },
 "workplace": {
  "remote_listed": 1,
  "onsite": 1,
  "hybrid": 28,
  "remote": 0,
  "unknown": 3,
  "other": 0
 },
 "location": {
  "us_located": 16,
  "outside_us": 16,
  "top_locations": [
   {
    "location": "New York City",
    "postings": 7
   },
   {
    "location": "San Francisco",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "location": "Singapore",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Tokyo, Japan",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Seattle",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "London, UK",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Washington, DC",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Madrid, Spain",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Munich, Germany",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Paris, France",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Seoul, South Korea",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Sydney, Australia",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Abu Dhabi, UAE",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Zurich, Switzerland",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Bangalore - Remote",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ]
 },
 "travel": {
  "mentioned": 28,
  "mentioned_pct": 87.5,
  "pct_stated": 26,
  "pct_stated_pct": 81.2,
  "median_upper_bound": 50.0,
  "median_lower_bound": 50.0,
  "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": "50%",
    "postings": 24
   },
   {
    "band": "40%",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "band": "25%",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ],
  "note": "Normalized bands collapse en-dash and hyphen variants (for example '25 \u2013 75%' and '25-75%' both count as 25-75%)."
 },
 "posted_us_pay": {
  "note": "Posted ranges as published on US-located USD postings. Posted ranges are not offers.",
  "engineer": {
   "us_usd_postings_with_pay": 15,
   "ranges_as_posted": [
    {
     "pay_min": 185000,
     "pay_max": 300000,
     "postings": 8,
     "label": "$185,000 to $300,000"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 230000,
     "pay_max": 294000,
     "postings": 2,
     "label": "$230,000 to $294,000"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 153000,
     "pay_max": 325000,
     "postings": 2,
     "label": "$153,000 to $325,000"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 266000,
     "pay_max": 445000,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$266,000 to $445,000"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 185000,
     "pay_max": 325000,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$185,000 to $325,000"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 145800,
     "pay_max": 280000,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$145,800 to $280,000"
    }
   ]
  },
  "management": {
   "us_usd_postings_with_pay": 1,
   "ranges_as_posted": [
    {
     "pay_min": 302000,
     "pay_max": 385000,
     "postings": 1,
     "label": "$302,000 to $385,000"
    }
   ]
  },
  "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": {
  "openai_postings": 32,
  "all_in_page_stats_postings": 725,
  "share_pct": 4.4,
  "employers_in_snapshot": 121,
  "other_employers": 120,
  "openai_remote_listed": 1,
  "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%)",
  "openai_onsite": 1,
  "openai_hybrid": 28,
  "openai_workplace_unknown": 3
 },
 "posted_or_updated": {
  "note": "These 32 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 == OpenAI and in_page_stats == true",
  "script": "scripts/build-openai-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; OnSite -> onsite, Hybrid -> hybrid"
 }
}