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Real Forward Deployed Engineer compensation data by company, level, and city — itemized into base, equity, and bonus, with the negotiation playbook for each company on the list.
Members get more than a job board.
Real comp by company, level, and city
Live bands for FDE offers at the top AI and enterprise companies — broken out by level (entry → staff) and by metro (NYC, SF, Boston, Seattle, Austin, remote).
Base vs equity vs bonus — itemized
Total comp is the headline number; the structure is where the leverage is. Members see the typical split, the equity vehicle, the refresh policy, and the bonus formula at each company.
Private-company equity, demystified
Many AI-lab packages are equity-heavy and benchmarked to a private valuation. Members get the latest valuation, the most recent secondary, and a framework to discount the headline TC correctly.
Negotiation playbook
A short, opinionated guide for FDE offers specifically: what to ask, what to push on (equity > base at the labs), how to use competing offers, and how to avoid leaving leverage on the table.
New to the topic? See the public Forward Deployed Engineer salary guide.
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