> 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 and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Seattle area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&management=ic®ion=puget-sound 67 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in the Seattle area, from 36 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $170,000 to $216,000. **67** postings · **36** companies · 62 state pay: median **$188,000**, half $170,000–$216,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7460c510f62762db) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +5 more New · Today $207,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91438c07da633c6c) Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · +4 more New · Yesterday $143,700–$213,800 [Gradial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gradial) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0c5715c904689d35) Seattle, WA 8d ago $155,000–$225,000 [jeffreym-consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jeffreym-consulting) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99c63127d5fcd58e) Seattle, WA On-site 13d ago $150,000–$225,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82606f0a46009d9d) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +5 more New · Yesterday $174,000–$252,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed4fe82663ea1301) Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · +3 more New · 2d ago $143,700–$194,400 [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [Capgemini Invent, Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/83b64f877d666913) Seattle, WA · Atlanta, GA · +4 more 4w ago $110,000–$137,500 [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dec8d400dcdba3a8) Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +3 more 4w ago Pay not posted [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10a632380303adc5) Seattle, WA · Mountain View, CA · +2 more New · 6d ago $152,000–$221,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1798a89ed0fd75b) Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 10d ago $143,700–$223,600 [Silkline](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/silkline) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b66251f9fb73a9b) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL 6w ago $150,000–$225,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/603238d92737226e) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$235,100 [Binti](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/binti) ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ab6678dd001933d) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26e06cc5e8aaa519) Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $143,700–$213,800 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa41a1949bc5bc55) Seattle, WA · Atlanta, GA · +9 more 2mo ago $88,970–$316,750 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79e9c43db5c86c34) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [Gradial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gradial) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f3ee1777df7cfa29) Seattle, WA 3mo ago $145,000–$215,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/68680c17f0761c20) Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +2 more 3w ago $143,700–$213,800 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a5e1855e6916121) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $88,970–$198,170 [Blue Orange Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blue-orange-digital) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76e69c282a7ac2d3) Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +8 more 4mo ago $150,000–$185,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24b7416020b611fb) Seattle, WA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Seattle](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b115960eacb20c3f) Seattle, WA Hybrid 8mo ago $153,000–$325,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2477dc6d175ec143) Seattle, WA 32mo ago $166,000–$253,000 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Data Science - Forward Deployed Engineer: PhD Internship Opportunities](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0c06d52863f9673) Redmond, WA 2w ago $81,720–$161,760 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/acce46d73a6442bf) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +40 more 10d ago $54,400–$196,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer–Field Engagement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01bd9fbbdf18cce5) Seattle, WA · Washington, DC Hybrid 10d ago $160,000–$200,000 [Destro AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/destro-ai) ### [Robotics Software Engineer - Field Deployment & Support](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42967df7691bfe95) Sumner, WA 13d ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Sr. Enterprise Architect - Agentforce for Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27cc6f9a38865847) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +4 more 2w ago $148,500–$285,800 [MongoDB](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mongodb) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee18b4ffe9431fe6) Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · +5 more Remote 2w ago $126,000–$248,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a6a44abf0fdde97) Seattle, WA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 more 6w ago $191,000–$254,000 [DataSQRL](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datasqrl) ### [FDR Data Engineer US1](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1456d9001df5302) Seattle, WA 7w ago Pay not posted [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/373b94c00da9da13) Seattle, WA · Austin, TX · +2 more 2mo ago $118,000–$176,000 [Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain) ### [Lead, AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97ec36645fe8d603) Seattle, WA · Atlanta, GA · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago $179,500–$203,500 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3da5634c483ab359) Seattle, WA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 more 6w ago $167,000–$222,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfaf5e58ec1e0a16) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$205,800 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Solutions Architect, Business Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67acea4b3b24feb5) Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 more 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) ### [Cloud & Customer Solutions Engineer - DC GPU](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4eb1a1b01f2b5e3) Bellevue, WA 2mo ago Pay not posted [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d111a9977bdaacbb) Seattle, WA · Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce65194d3b4765e8) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more 3mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Discovery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ba3c64ddaf07683) Seattle, WA · Costa Mesa, CA · +4 more 3mo ago $191,000–$292,000 45 of 67 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26management%3Dic%26region%3Dpuget-sound&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in seattle area go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Seattle area pay? 62 of 67 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $216,000, from 31 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Seattle area require? Of 67 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 32 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 32 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (12) or under 3 years (5). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Seattle area? These 67 postings come from 36 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (9), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (6), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (4), [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (4) and [T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) (4). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Seattle area remote? 5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid and 3 are on-site. The remaining 51 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 39 of the 67 postings. Counted over the 67 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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