Staff/Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

DiDi Labs; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 255,000 - 351,000; Full time

Job summary

DiDi Labs in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff/Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to join the US research arm focused on AI security and intelligent/autonomous driving.

You will be embedded to design and ship production systems with partners, contributing at the Staff/Principal level to complex mobility deployments.

This is a senior, high-impact role offering a rare mobility/AV deployment seat at the cutting edge.

Responsibilities

• Embed to design and ship production systems with partners.

Job description

Staff/Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

$255K–$351K mobility / autonomous driving staff+/principal high comp

Mountain View, CA · Posted July 24, 2026

Why it's interesting

$255K–$351K — one of the top bands on the board this week — for a Staff/Principal FDE at DiDi's Silicon Valley lab, which works on AI security and intelligent-driving tech. A rare mobility/AV deployment seat, and a sign the FDE title has fully crossed from enterprise SaaS into hardware-adjacent autonomy.

The role

Senior forward-deployed seat at DiDi Labs (Mountain View), the US research arm focused on AI-based security and intelligent/autonomous driving. Staff/Principal-level engineer embedding to design and ship production systems with partners. Comp band $255K–$351K.

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