Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier Engineering
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$304,000–$437,000
View job →FDE jobs at Snowflake
Cloud-native data platform letting enterprises run analytics, AI/ML, and apps on governed data across AWS, Azure, and GCP without moving it.
Public · About 5,000+ people · AI Data Cloud
10 postings, 3 new in the last 30 days2 metrosmedian of posted base ranges $239,000
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How Snowflake describes FDE work
Snowflake · US average
Travel
How often postings mention travel
50% · avg 40%
Above average
Seniority
Senior-level responsibility or above
100% · avg 94%
Above average
Remote
Postings that allow remote work
33% · avg 28%
Above average
Customer contact
Work done for people outside the company
90% · avg 86%
About average
Pre-sales
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
20% · avg 24%
About average
Production code
Postings that involve writing production code
80% · avg 80%
About average
0%50%100%
Snowflake’s postings mention travel more often than the US average (50% vs 40%) and describe senior or staff roles more often (100% vs 94%).
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 →
Pay at Snowflake
Across 10 posted ranges, Snowflake’s median sits above $225,000 for staff-level FDE postings in the US.
Posted base ranges in annual US dollars, from postings that state both ends, each counted at the middle of its range. Bonus, commission and equity are not counted. See how posted pay differs by level, location and travel →
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer I, Frontier Engineering
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$264,000–$379,500
View job →Staff Applied AI Engineer (FDE)
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
View job →Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - Migration
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$236,000–$339,250
View job →Senior Forward Deployed Engineer -Spark
Menlo Park, CA
$200,000–$287,500
View job →$160,000–$210,000
View job →$196,000–$257,200
View job →$160,000–$210,000
View job →$236,000–$339,200
View job →$156,000–$224,200
View job →5 of 10 build what the customer runs.
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