# Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Developer Platform at Workday

- Company: Workday
- What the company does: Experience a new way to work with Sana and agentic AI from Workday. Backed by Greylock, NEA and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.workday.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: 2 Locations
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $148K to $222K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-06
- Apply by: 2026-12-21
- Apply: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USA-CA-Pleasanton/Forward-Deployed-Engineer_JR-0111465?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/workday-forward-deployed-engineer-fde-developer-platform/

## About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer on the Developer Platform FDE team, you’ll combine hands-on agent engineering with direct customer work. Working alongside senior FDEs, you’ll help enterprise customers build, deploy, and optimize custom AI agents and agentic apps inside live customer environments. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Experience: 5+ years of experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Software Development
- Technical Execution: Hands-on coding and debugging skills (for example, Python, Java, or similar), with a working understanding of REST APIs, object-oriented design, and integration patterns
- Customer Interaction: Experience working directly with customers or business stakeholders on technical deployments, troubleshooting, or integrations
- Travel: Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% to customer sites as needed
- Product Mindset: Curiosity about why problems happen, and the ability to recognize when a one-off customer issue points to a broader product need
- Communication: Strong verbal and written technical communication skills, able to explain technical issues clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/workday-forward-deployed-engineer-fde-developer-platform/