Anthropic · 23 hours ago
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$320K/yr - $400K/yr
10+ years expAnthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable and beneficial AI systems. They are seeking a Manager for their Forward Deployed Engineering team, responsible for hiring and developing a high-performing group of engineers who will work directly with customers to implement AI applications that solve real business problems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Hire, develop, and retain a world-class team of Forward Deployed Engineers. Set a high bar for technical talent and customer instincts
Conduct regular 1:1s, provide technical mentorship, and invest in the career growth of each team member. Create an environment where FDEs do the best work of their careers
Staff and oversee customer engagements across your team's portfolio, making resource allocation decisions that balance customer needs, team development, and business priorities
Collaborate with account teams and Engagement Managers during the pre-sales process to qualify engagements, scope work, and inform statements of work
Review technical architectures and code produced by your FDEs, ensuring the team ships high-quality, production-ready solutions that solve real customer problems
Stay hands-on enough to lead technical discovery sessions, prototype solutions, and debug complex issues alongside your team when needed
Build repeatable playbooks, starter repositories, integration templates, and an internal knowledge base that captures what your team learns in the field
Define team OKRs that tie to customer success outcomes and product adoption goals. Create operational cadences — standups, retros, engagement reviews — that keep the team aligned
Partner with Product and Engineering to translate field insights into product improvements. Serve as the voice of the customer in internal planning
Travel to customer sites as needed (25-50%), particularly during engagement kickoffs and for your team's highest-priority accounts
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in software engineering, solutions architecture, or a technical customer-facing role such as forward deployed engineering or consulting
2+ years of people management experience within a services/post-sales/FDE organization with a track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers
Experience building organizations from 0->1, not just inheriting an existing one
Experience working directly with enterprise customers on technical implementations, including comfort navigating complex organizational dynamics
Executive presence with the ability to move fluidly between strategic conversations with senior stakeholders and hands-on debugging sessions with engineers
Strong written and verbal communication skills. You can translate technical complexity into clear narratives for diverse audiences
Genuine excitement about building something new and defining what great looks like for a team that doesn't yet exist
We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Benefits
Optional equity donation matching
Generous vacation and parental leave
Flexible working hours
Company
Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI research company that focuses on the safety and alignment of AI systems with human values.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (105)
2024 (13)
2023 (3)
2022 (4)
2021 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$33.74BKey Investors
Fidelity,ICONIQ Capital,Lightspeed Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersGoogle
2025-09-02Series F· $13B
2025-05-16Debt Financing· $2.5B
2025-03-03Series E· $3.5B
Leadership Team
Dario Amodei
Co-Founder and CEO
Daniela Amodei
President and co-founder
Recent News
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