Anthropic
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
$320K–$405K
New York City, NY +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Feb 5, 2026
- Location
- New York City, NY
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years in software engineering, solutions architecture, or a technical customer-facing role; 2+ years of people management in a services/post-sales/FDE organization. Logistics also says years required correlate with internal job level requirements.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; Anthropic states it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Build and lead Anthropic’s Forward Deployed Engineering team, overseeing enterprise customer deployments of Claude and shaping repeatable delivery practices and product direction.
What you'll do
- Hire, manage, mentor, and retain Forward Deployed Engineers; set technical standards and team operating practices.
- Oversee customer engagements, including scoping, staffing, architecture and code reviews, and hands-on technical support as needed.
- Develop reusable deployment playbooks and share customer insights with Product and Engineering to inform product improvements.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solutions architecture, or a technical customer-facing role.
- 2+ years of people management experience within a services/post-sales/FDE organization.
- Experience building organizations from 0->1 and working directly with enterprise customers on technical implementations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to navigate complex organizational dynamics and move between strategic discussions and hands-on debugging.
Pay
$320,000 — $405,000 USD (annual salary; base salary)
Tools
Claude
AI focus
Lead enterprise adoption and deployment of Claude, while translating field insights into product improvements and supporting responsible AI deployment.
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