Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (AI)

Location: Paris, France. Hybrid policy: staff are expected to work from one of the company's offices at least 25% of the time; some roles may require more office time. Customer-site travel is required as needed, approximately 25–50%.

Annual salary: €235,000–€295,000 EUR.

Company

Anthropic builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems and develops Claude for safe, transformative enterprise use.

What you will do

• Build, hire, develop, and retain a high-performing Forward Deployed Engineering team for Southern Europe.
• Set technical and operational standards for customer engagements, including staffing, resource allocation, architecture reviews, and code quality.
• Partner with account teams and Engagement Managers during pre-sales to qualify engagements, scope work, and inform statements of work.
• Stay hands-on by leading technical discovery, prototyping solutions, and debugging complex production issues.
• Create repeatable playbooks, starter repositories, integration templates, and an internal knowledge base.
• Define team OKRs and operating cadences, and translate customer insights into product improvements with Product and Engineering.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solutions architecture, forward deployed engineering, consulting, or another technical customer-facing role.
• 2+ years of people management experience in a services, post-sales, or FDE organization, with a record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers.
• Experience building organizations from 0 to 1 rather than only inheriting an existing organization.
• Direct experience working with enterprise customers on technical implementations and navigating complex organizational dynamics.
• Executive presence and the ability to move between strategic conversations with senior stakeholders and hands-on engineering debugging.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including translating technical complexity into clear narratives for diverse audiences.
• Genuine enthusiasm for building a new team and defining operating excellence in an ambiguous environment.
• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a relevant field.

Culture & Benefits

• Player-coach role with a strong leadership focus and direct influence on product direction and enterprise AI adoption.
• Flexible working hours, generous vacation and parental leave, competitive benefits, optional equity donation matching, and office collaboration space.
• Collaborative environment focused on responsible development of frontier AI systems and diverse perspectives.
• Visa sponsorship is available, although sponsorship cannot be guaranteed for every role or candidate; immigration-lawyer support is provided.

Hiring process

• Applicants are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.
• Anthropic recruiters contact candidates from @anthropic.com addresses; candidates should verify openings through the official careers site and should never pay fees or provide banking information before starting.
• Follow Anthropic's policy for using AI during the application process.