Forward Deployed Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-23, Skillenai has indexed 622 job postings with the title “Forward Deployed Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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+How many Forward Deployed Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 622 job postings with the title “Forward Deployed Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Forward Deployed Engineer jobs require?
Across Forward Deployed Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, the skills mentioned most often are Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, AWS, APIs.
+Which cities are hiring the most Forward Deployed Engineer?
As of 2026-05-23, Forward Deployed Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, London, Munich, Singapore.
+Is Forward Deployed Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 622 Forward Deployed Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Forward Deployed Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Forward Deployed Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Forward Deployed Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 383 | 19.9% |
| TypeScript | 220 | 11.4% |
| JavaScript | 139 | 7.2% |
| AWS | 123 | 6.4% |
| APIs | 116 | 6.0% |
| SQL | 113 | 5.9% |
| Kubernetes | 108 | 5.6% |
| data pipelines | 105 | 5.5% |
| Java | 100 | 5.2% |
| React | 97 | 5.0% |
| GCP | 93 | 4.8% |
| LLMs | 85 | 4.4% |
| Go | 84 | 4.4% |
| prompt engineering | 80 | 4.2% |
| Azure | 78 | 4.1% |
Top metros hiring Forward Deployed Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 97 | 36.2% |
| San Francisco | 80 | 29.9% |
| London | 32 | 11.9% |
| Munich | 15 | 5.6% |
| Singapore | 10 | 3.7% |
| Washington | 10 | 3.7% |
| Seattle | 9 | 3.4% |
| Berlin | 8 | 3.0% |
| Tokyo | 7 | 2.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, matching postings whose canonical role is “Forward Deployed Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Forward Deployed Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-23
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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