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# FDE jobs at Western Digital

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/western-digital

1 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) job at Western Digital across 1 US metro.

WD designs and manufactures HDD-based storage infrastructure for hyperscalers, enterprises, creative pros, and consumers, differentiated by scale, reliability, and AI-era capacity roadmaps.

Public · About 5,000+ people

**1 posting** 1 metro [Careers at Western Digital ↗](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternDigital) read Nov 8, 2026

## 1 open FDE role at Western Digital

Builds for teams inside the company

### [Principal Full Stack Developer & Solutions Architect – AI, Data & Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79ac2742bc6d23d5)

San Jose, CA On-site 5w ago

Pay not posted

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## How Western Digital describes FDE work

Not enough postings to compare with the US average yet.

## Compare with similar employers

Employers at a similar size or stage.

### [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +16 ·

$184,000

81 postings

### [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture)

Atlanta, GA · Columbus, OH · Dallas, TX · +45 ·

$170,000

44 postings

### [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen)

Mclean, VA · Arlington, VA · Fort Meade, MD · +19 ·

$142,000

38 postings

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