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)

1. San Francisco 70
2. London, United Kingdom 66
3. Singapore 57
4. Tokyo, Japan 52
5. London 36
6. New York, NY / New York, United States of America 35
7. Washington, D.C. 35
8. Paris, France 32
9. San Francisco, California / San Francisco, United States / San Francisco, USA 31
10. Sydney, Australia 28
11. New York City 27
12. 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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