> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE jobs at Amazon (incl AWS) Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws 81 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Amazon (incl AWS) across 19 US metros. Median posted base pay $184,000. 33 new in the last 30 days. Amazon and AWS FDE postings span enterprise delivery, government work, and customer AI programs with different security and travel requirements. Public · About 5,000+ people **81 postings, 33 new in the last 30 days** 19 metros median posted base $184,000 [Careers at Amazon (incl AWS) ↗](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs) read Nov 8, 2026 ## 81 open FDE roles at Amazon (incl AWS) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e4b5aa282dcdc7d7) East Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +3 more +3 2d ago $144,000–$224,000 ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91438c07da633c6c) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 more +2 3d ago $144,000–$214,000 ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f1c2b67db2daf1a) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 more +2 3d ago $168,000–$250,000 ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ebf30b12510c57d) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more +3 5d ago $168,100–$261,500 ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1798a89ed0fd75b) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more +1 12d ago $144,000–$224,000 43 of 81 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it. Compare these roles with [pay ranges at other US FDE employers](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary). - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%2Famazon-incl-aws&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Amazon (incl AWS) describes FDE work AWS Forward Deployed Engineering roles place engineers inside strategic enterprise customers. A senior role owns technical strategy and delivery across multi-workstream AI programs, builds production systems, and sets operational standards, evaluation frameworks, and production-readiness criteria. Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 54% against the US average of 42%. Above average. Amazon (incl AWS): 44 of 81 postings · all postings: 1,394 of 3,308 **54%** of postings · US 42% Above average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 95% against the US average of 94%. About average. Amazon (incl AWS): 77 of 81 postings · all postings: 3,026 of 3,234 **95%** of postings · US 94% About average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 94% against the US average of 80%. Above average. Amazon (incl AWS): 75 of 80 postings · all postings: 2,573 of 3,204 **94%** of postings · US 80% Above average Remote allowed Not enough postings say Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 94% against the US average of 86%. Above average. Amazon (incl AWS): 76 of 81 postings · all postings: 2,829 of 3,298 **94%** of postings · US 86% Above average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 10% against the US average of 24%. Below average. Amazon (incl AWS): 8 of 81 postings · all postings: 788 of 3,295 **10%** of postings · US 24% Below average 0% 50% 100% Amazon (incl AWS)’s postings describe production code more often than the US average (94% vs 80%) and involve pre-sales less often (10% vs 24%). Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research) ## Pay at Amazon (incl AWS) Median posted base **$184,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 81 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. 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