Where forward deployed engineers work
FDE is still a place-based craft. On this board today: 78% on-site, 4% hybrid, 19% remote.
Top location hubs (live)
- San Francisco 70
- London, United Kingdom 66
- Singapore 57
- Tokyo, Japan 52
- London 36
- New York, NY / New York, United States of America 35
- Washington, D.C. 35
- Paris, France 32
- San Francisco, California / San Francisco, United States / San Francisco, USA 31
- Sydney, Australia 28
- New York City 27
- London, UK 26
These are the geo pages we index — real cities with enough open roles, not every messy ATS location string.
How to think about geo as a candidate
- US coasts + DC — AI labs, enterprise SaaS, and defense-adjacent delivery
- London / EU hubs — strong volume for hybrid enterprise deployments (Amsterdam, Munich, Stockholm, Paris show up often)
- APAC — Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney appear when global platforms staff regional FDEs
- Remote — exists, but usually still customer-timezone heavy; read the posting for travel %
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