FDE roles pay $150–250K plus equity

- Social job posts show founding Forward Deployed Engineer positions and applied AI roles offering $150–250K base salaries plus double‑digit equity packages. - Examples include SF founding FDE $150–200K +~14% equity, NYC hybrid $150–180K +14%, and remote Applied AI Engineer $215–250K + equity. - Those compensations confirm steep demand for customer‑facing AI engineers and help explain why startups compete aggressively for deployment talent. (x.com) (x.com)