Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)

fde; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Baseten in San Francisco is hiring a senior FDE manager to build and lead a forward-deployed engineering team. You will help customers ship LLM workloads on Baseten's inference platform, working closely with product and customer teams to deliver scalable solutions.

This role offers a chance to shape the org from day zero, with an emphasis on execution, mentorship, and the ability to drive impact across multiple customers.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead Baseten's forward-deployed team helping customers ship LLM workloads on its inference platform.

Job description

$260K–$380K inference infra management track org from zero

San Francisco · Posted July 8, 2026

Why it's interesting

Baseten is hiring the FDE manager and the ICs simultaneously — join the org on day zero, or run it.

The role

Build and lead Baseten's forward-deployed team helping customers ship LLM workloads on its inference platform. A parallel IC posting (Applied AI Inference FDE) is live alongside — clear signal of a real org, not a one-off req. Sourced via the Plank FDE census (CC BY 4.0).