{ "name": "Saronic Forward Deployed Engineer postings, FDE Dispatch snapshot November 3, 2026", "publisher": "FDE Dispatch", "url": "https://fdedispatch.com/saronic-forward-deployed-engineer/", "snapshot_date": "2026-11-03", "population": "Saronic in-page rows in fde-postings-2026-11-03.json (the same 704-posting / 114-employer population counted on the November 3 postings snapshot). All 9 come from Saronic's public Ashby board and are engineer-family titles spanning software, senior software, build, electrical, hardware, mechanical and intern Forward Deployed seats in Austin and San Diego. Saronic ties Chalk, Cloudflare and Snowflake at 9 postings (12th by posting count; 11 employers have more).", "affiliation_note": "FDE Dispatch is not affiliated with Saronic. Figures come from Saronic public job postings on the snapshot date, with posting texts re-checked on November 6, 2026 (America/Los_Angeles).", "snapshot_comparison": { "is_remote": 176, "is_remote_pct": 25.0, "is_remote_method": "aeo/fde-tracker/locations.py is_remote: board marks posting remote (Greenhouse flags excluded) or a listed location contains Remote; Coinbase Remote Zone excluded.", "postings_with_pay_range": 363, "travel_mentioned": 424, "in_page_postings": 704 }, "totals": { "saronic_postings": 9, "fde_family_postings": 704, "fde_family_employers": 114, "saronic_share_pct": 1.3, "rank_by_postings": 12, "employers_with_more_postings": 11, "tied_at_rank_with": [ "Chalk", "Cloudflare", "Snowflake" ], "employers_with_more": [ { "company": "Databricks", "postings": 115 }, { "company": "Palantir", "postings": 105 }, { "company": "Salesforce", "postings": 51 }, { "company": "Accenture", "postings": 39 }, { "company": "OpenAI", "postings": 33 }, { "company": "LangChain", "postings": 16 }, { "company": "Cognition", "postings": 15 }, { "company": "Cohere", "postings": 13 }, { "company": "ElevenLabs", "postings": 12 }, { "company": "Cursor", "postings": 11 }, { "company": "Scale AI", "postings": 11 } ], "role_families": { "engineer": 9 } }, "title_wording": { "tracks": [ { "track": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer", "postings": 2 }, { "track": "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed", "postings": 2 }, { "track": "Electrical Engineer - Forward Deployed", "postings": 1 }, { "track": "Forward Deployed Build Engineer", "postings": 1 }, { "track": "Forward Deployed Engineer Intern", "postings": 1 }, { "track": "Mechanical Engineer - Forward Deployed", "postings": 1 }, { "track": "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer", "postings": 1 } ], "titles_by_track": { "Electrical Engineer - Forward Deployed": [ "Electrical Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX / OnSite" ], "Forward Deployed Build Engineer": [ "Forward Deployed Build Engineer / Austin, TX / OnSite" ], "Forward Deployed Engineer Intern": [ "Forward Deployed Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) / Austin, TX / OnSite" ], "Forward Deployed Software Engineer": [ "Forward Deployed Software Engineer / Austin, TX / OnSite", "Forward Deployed Software Engineer / San Diego, CA / OnSite" ], "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed": [ "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX / OnSite", "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed / San Diego, CA / OnSite" ], "Mechanical Engineer - Forward Deployed": [ "Mechanical Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX / OnSite" ], "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer": [ "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer / Austin, TX / OnSite" ] }, "titles": [ "Electrical Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX / OnSite", "Forward Deployed Build Engineer / Austin, TX / OnSite", "Forward Deployed Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) / Austin, TX / OnSite", "Forward Deployed Software Engineer / Austin, TX / OnSite", "Forward Deployed Software Engineer / San Diego, CA / OnSite", "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX / OnSite", "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed / San Diego, CA / OnSite", "Mechanical Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX / OnSite", "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer / Austin, TX / OnSite" ] }, "location": { "us_located": 9, "outside_us": 0, "us_located_pct": 100.0, "outside_us_pct": 0.0, "us_rows": [ { "title": "Electrical Engineer - Forward Deployed", "location": "Austin, TX", "all_locations": "Austin, TX; San Diego, CA", "workplace_type": "OnSite" }, { "title": "Forward Deployed Build Engineer", "location": "Austin, TX", "all_locations": "Austin, TX", "workplace_type": "OnSite" }, { "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)", "location": "Austin, TX", "all_locations": "Austin, TX", "workplace_type": "OnSite" }, { "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer", "location": "Austin, TX", "all_locations": "Austin, TX", "workplace_type": "OnSite" }, { "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer", "location": "San Diego, CA", "all_locations": "San Diego, CA", "workplace_type": "OnSite" }, { "title": "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed", "location": "Austin, TX", "all_locations": "Austin, TX", "workplace_type": "OnSite" }, { "title": "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed", "location": "San Diego, CA", "all_locations": "San Diego, CA", "workplace_type": "OnSite" }, { "title": "Mechanical Engineer - Forward Deployed", "location": "Austin, TX", "all_locations": "Austin, TX; San Diego, CA", "workplace_type": "OnSite" }, { "title": "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer", "location": "Austin, TX", "all_locations": "Austin, TX", "workplace_type": "OnSite" } ], "outside_us_rows": [], "is_remote": 0, "not_remote": 9, "is_remote_pct": 0.0, "workplace_type": { "OnSite": 9 }, "onsite": 9, "is_remote_rows": [], "is_remote_method": "aeo/fde-tracker/locations.py is_remote: board marks posting remote (Greenhouse flags excluded) or a listed location contains Remote; Coinbase Remote Zone excluded. Zero of nine: every seat is labeled on-site on Ashby, and the snapshot remote flag is false on every row. Locations are Austin, TX and/or San Diego, CA only." }, "travel": { "mentioned": 4, "pct_stated": 3, "labels": { "50–70%": 1, "50%": 2 }, "note": "travel_mentioned is true on 4 of 9: Build Engineer (travel_pct_stated 50–70%), Forward Deployed Software Engineer Austin and San Diego (50%), and the Intern (pct null). Senior Software, Electrical, Hardware and Mechanical have travel_mentioned false. Do not invent a travel percentage for seats that omit one." }, "posted_pay": { "note": "None of the nine snapshot rows list a numeric pay range (pay_min and pay_max are null). November 6 live Ashby compensationTiers are empty on all nine. Non-intern texts state competitive salary boilerplate without a dollar figure. Do not invent dollar pay.", "postings_with_pay": 0, "ranges_as_posted": [], "rows_without_pay": [ "Electrical Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX", "Forward Deployed Build Engineer / Austin, TX", "Forward Deployed Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) / Austin, TX", "Forward Deployed Software Engineer / Austin, TX", "Forward Deployed Software Engineer / San Diego, CA", "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX", "Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed / San Diego, CA", "Mechanical Engineer - Forward Deployed / Austin, TX", "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer / Austin, TX" ] }, "equity": { "equity_mentioned_flag_true": 8, "live_comp_tiers_offers_equity": 0, "note": "equity_mentioned is true on 8 of 9 snapshot rows (false only on the Intern). Live texts on those eight state equity options for employees. Live compensation tiers do not say Offers Equity. 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As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a “U.S. Person”: (1) U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)" ], "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/saronic/fd7aa7cb-8036-43a2-82b1-c451469a8d1a", "job_url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/saronic/fd7aa7cb-8036-43a2-82b1-c451469a8d1a", "ashby_id": "fd7aa7cb-8036-43a2-82b1-c451469a8d1a", "us_location": true, "ats": "ashby", "remote": false, "is_remote": false, "workplace_type": "OnSite", "ashby_workplace_type": "OnSite", "ashby_is_remote": false, "equity_mentioned_flag": true, "live_status_2026_11_06": "live" }, { "title": "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer", "live_title": "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer", "location": "Austin, TX", "all_locations": "Austin, TX", "role_family": "engineer", "track": "Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer", "intern": false, "department_ashby": "Forward Deployable Eng", "years_stated": "5+", "years_quote": "5+ years of experience developing autonomy or robotics systems, with a strong foundation in software engineering", "degree_quote": null, "travel_quote": null, "office_quote": null, "stack_quote": "Proficient programming skills in C++, Rust, Python, or similar languages, with experience building and maintaining performance-critical systems", "linux_quote": null, "not_quote": "A traditional SRE/DevOps role based entirely in an office — this role includes time in the field", "equity_quote": "Equity options to give employees a stake in the company’s success", "salary_boilerplate": "Competitive Salary: Industry-standard salaries with opportunities for performance-based bonuses", "us_person_quote": "If this role is based in the United States, it requires access to export-controlled information or items that require “U.S. Person” status. As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a “U.S. Person”: (1) U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)", "pay_as_posted": null, "pay_min": null, "pay_max": null, "pay_currency": null, "live_offers_equity": false, "live_compensation_tiers_empty": true, "travel_pct_stated": null, "travel_mentioned": false, "quotes": [ "5+ years of experience developing autonomy or robotics systems, with a strong foundation in software engineering", "Proficient programming skills in C++, Rust, Python, or similar languages, with experience building and maintaining performance-critical systems", "A traditional SRE/DevOps role based entirely in an office — this role includes time in the field", "Equity options to give employees a stake in the company’s success", "If this role is based in the United States, it requires access to export-controlled information or items that require “U.S. Person” status. As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a “U.S. Person”: (1) U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)" ], "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/saronic/76a91bbc-76a7-4987-a6a3-0f3849f644d9", "job_url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/saronic/76a91bbc-76a7-4987-a6a3-0f3849f644d9", "ashby_id": "76a91bbc-76a7-4987-a6a3-0f3849f644d9", "us_location": true, "ats": "ashby", "remote": false, "is_remote": false, "workplace_type": "OnSite", "ashby_workplace_type": "OnSite", "ashby_is_remote": false, "equity_mentioned_flag": true, "live_status_2026_11_06": "live" } ], "live_check_2026_11_06": { "date": "2026-11-06", "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "note": "Every Saronic FDE-family posting text was re-fetched on November 6, 2026 (America/Los_Angeles) from the public Ashby job board API (includeCompensation=true). All 9 November 3 in-page snapshot rows were still listed among 269 total jobs on the saronic board. No additional FDE-family posting opened after November 3. No closures. Evidence links use jobs.ashbyhq.com/saronic/ (all returned HTTP 200 on November 6). Live compensationTiers are empty on all 9 seats. Snapshot pay_min and pay_max are null on all 9. Texts state competitive salary boilerplate without a numeric range.", "board_total_jobs": 269, "snapshot_rows_still_live": 9, "snapshot_rows_closed": 0, "post_snapshot_postings": [], "not_in_totals": true }, "method": { "source_files": [ "fde-postings-2026-11-03.json", "scripts/saronic-evidence-2026-11-06.json" ], "filter": "company == Saronic and in-page seats only", "script": "scripts/build-saronic-aggregate.py", "remote": "aeo/fde-tracker/locations.py is_remote: board marks posting remote (Greenhouse flags excluded) or a listed location contains Remote; Coinbase Remote Zone excluded", "tracks": "title text: Forward Deployed Software Engineer (2); Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed (2); Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer (1); Forward Deployed Build Engineer (1); Electrical Engineer - Forward Deployed (1); Mechanical Engineer - Forward Deployed (1); Forward Deployed Engineer Intern (1)", "pay": "No numeric pay ranges on the November 3 snapshot or November 6 live Ashby compensation tiers; competitive salary boilerplate only", "rank": "1 + count of employers with strictly more in-page postings (ties share the rank)", "live_check": "November 6, 2026 America/Los_Angeles against Ashby posting API", "caveat": "Counts are open postings on one day and do not measure headcount. Nine postings are too few for employer-level rates. Quotes on the page are whole words copied from the posting texts. Remote uses locations.py is_remote (board marks posting remote (Greenhouse flags excluded) or a listed location contains Remote; Coinbase Remote Zone excluded), against 176 of 704 (25.0%) across the snapshot. Ashby labels all 9 seats on-site. The U.S. Person / export-controlled block appears on all 9 texts; no posting uses the words security clearance, Secret, TS/SCI, or ITAR." }, "posted_or_updated": { "snapshot_pulled": "2026-11-03", "texts_refetched": "2026-11-06", "guide_published": "2026-11-06" } }