{ "name": "Shield AI Forward Deployed Engineer postings, FDE Dispatch snapshot November 3, 2026", "publisher": "FDE Dispatch", "url": "https://fdedispatch.com/shield-ai-forward-deployed-engineer/", "snapshot_date": "2026-11-03", "population": "Shield AI rows with in_page_stats = true in fde-postings-2026-11-03.json (the same 704-posting / 114-employer population counted on the November 3 postings snapshot). All 8 are engineer-family titles spanning London FDE II / Senior / Staff, US Autonomy (open level), and Operations & Sustainment (open level). Autonomy and Ops were dual-listed on Lever and Ashby in the snapshot (each copy counted, so the 8 rows are 6 distinct roles). Shield AI ties Thomson Reuters at 8 postings (16th by posting count; 15 employers have more). No intern seats. No management seats.", "affiliation_note": "FDE Dispatch is not affiliated with Shield AI. Figures come from Shield AI public job postings on the snapshot date, with posting texts re-checked on November 7, 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": { "shield_ai_postings": 8, "fde_family_postings": 704, "fde_family_employers": 114, "shield_ai_share_pct": 1.1, "rank_by_postings": 16, "employers_with_more_postings": 15, "tied_at_rank_with": [ "Thomson Reuters" ], "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 }, { "company": "Chalk", "postings": 9 }, { "company": "Cloudflare", "postings": 9 }, { "company": "Saronic", "postings": 9 }, { "company": "Snowflake", "postings": 9 } ], "role_families": { "engineer": 8 }, "cross_posts_note": "Autonomy Lever+Ashby and Ops Lever+Ashby are the same role families cross-posted; the index counts them as 8 rows." }, "title_wording": { "tracks": [ { "track": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Autonomy", "postings": 2 }, { "track": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment", "postings": 2 }, { "track": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer", "postings": 2 }, { "track": "Forward Deployed Engineer II", "postings": 1 }, { "track": "Senior Forward Deployed Engineer", "postings": 1 } ], "titles": [ "Forward Deployed Engineer II (5951) / London / lever", "Forward Deployed Engineer, Autonomy (open level) / United States / ashby", "Forward Deployed Engineer, Autonomy (open level) / United States / lever", "Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497) / San Diego, California / ashby", "Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497) / San Diego, California / lever", "Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (5961) / London / lever", "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (5021) / London / lever", "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (R4962) / London / lever" ] }, "location": { "us_located": 4, "outside_us": 4, "us_located_pct": 50.0, "outside_us_pct": 50.0, "us_rows": [ { "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Autonomy (open level)", "location": "United States", "all_locations": "United States; San Diego, California; Dallas, Texas; Washington, D.C.", "workplace_type": "remote", "ats": "lever" }, { "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Autonomy (open level)", "location": "United States", "all_locations": "United States", "workplace_type": null, "ats": "ashby" }, { "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)", "location": "San Diego, California", "all_locations": "San Diego, California; Washington, D.C.; Remote", "workplace_type": "hybrid", "ats": "lever" }, { "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)", "location": "San Diego, California", "all_locations": "San Diego, California", "workplace_type": null, "ats": "ashby" } ], "outside_us_rows": [ { "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer II (5951)", "location": "London", "all_locations": "London", "workplace_type": "hybrid", "ats": "lever" }, { "title": "Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (5961)", "location": "London", "all_locations": "London", "workplace_type": "hybrid", "ats": "lever" }, { "title": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (5021)", "location": "London", "all_locations": "London", "workplace_type": "hybrid", "ats": "lever" }, { "title": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (R4962)", "location": "London", "all_locations": "London", "workplace_type": "hybrid", "ats": "lever" } ], "is_remote": 2, "not_remote": 6, "is_remote_pct": 25.0, "workplace_type": { "hybrid": 5, "remote": 1, "None": 2 }, "is_remote_rows": [ { "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Autonomy (open level)", "ats": "lever", "all_locations": "United States; San Diego, California; Dallas, Texas; Washington, D.C.", "remote_listed": true, "workplace_type": "remote" }, { "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)", "ats": "lever", "all_locations": "San Diego, California; Washington, D.C.; Remote", "remote_listed": false, "workplace_type": "hybrid" } ], "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. 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Do not invent years or stack quotes.", "audience_note": "exclude_from_mid_lead_staff_years" } ], "live_check_2026_11_07": { "date": "2026-11-07", "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "note": "Every Shield AI FDE-family posting from the November 3 in-page snapshot was re-checked on November 7, 2026 (America/Los_Angeles). Lever JSON API returned HTTP 200 for four postings (FDE II 4a8a35f3, Autonomy Lever 8afc41da, Ops Lever 41c56241, Senior 5961 cffd00e2). Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (5021) 7d6a8fe1: public Lever HTML still returned 200 with JobPosting schema and Apply UI, but Lever JSON API returned 404 — treat as closing; do not invent quotes beyond the HTML text if cited; prefer not linking as a current open seat. Closed / 404: Autonomy Ashby a96de5b8, Ops Ashby 4a451ba8, Staff R4962 548aa2ee. 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Eight postings are too few for employer-level rates. Autonomy and Ops Lever+Ashby cross-posts are counted separately in the 8. 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. Closed Ashby and Staff R4962 seats stay in snapshot totals without invented quotes. Staff 5021 is closing (HTML 200 / API 404) and is listed without a live evidence link." }, "posted_or_updated": { "snapshot_pulled": "2026-11-03", "texts_refetched": "2026-11-07", "guide_published": "2026-11-07" } }