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# FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&recipient=external&page=11

1,894 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers, from 840 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $230,000.

**1,894** postings · **840** companies · 1,384 state pay: median **$200,000**, half $165,000–$230,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026

[Cloudflare](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cloudflare)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5cc16d430c21aeef)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$194,000–$266,000

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

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dd44387855581718)

Arlington, VA · Washington, DC 2mo ago

$70,500–$203,400

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d0271a1120e18c8e)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$134,500–$265,100

[Gray Swan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gray-swan)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f8298f975b489cb)

San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago

$175,000–$220,000

[forgd](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forgd)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) : North America](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/90284f83828c3dd1)

Denver, CO · US remote Remote 2mo ago

Pay not posted

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

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ef22c72ece768b6)

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 more 2mo ago

$112,900–$366,300

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f8176d9adbdb85f)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$134,500–$265,100

[Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f15116f28545e9c4)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$197,000–$246,000

[Pelico](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pelico)

### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfb96c4234bfc85b)

Miami, FL · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago

Pay not posted

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

### [Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/603238d92737226e)

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 2mo ago

$54,400–$235,100

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer – Databricks - Forensic Discovery & Financial Crime](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdb7216a7905d888)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$134,500–$265,100

[Binti](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/binti)

### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ab6678dd001933d)

San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA Hybrid 2mo ago

$200,000–$300,000

[Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc)

### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/575779887c729d4d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$200,000–$400,000

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

### [Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79e9c43db5c86c34)

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 2mo ago

$80,400–$316,300

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer- AWS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f142daffa1f0cf70)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$134,500–$265,100

[Apollo Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apollo-research)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Product)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7394fd0a5648bf6e)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$222,000–$290,000

[Origin Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/origin-technology)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c922b6fe38c63d29)

US Remote 2mo ago

$200,000–$320,000

[Blank Metal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blank-metal)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3715751b9e2cf0bd)

Minneapolis, MN Hybrid 2mo ago

Pay not posted

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer- Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cd14c4af807bc767)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$134,500–$265,100

[Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai)

### [Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a54d450f761a8e3)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$180,000–$320,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8a4d49298c2cba9)

New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$185,000–$300,000

[Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus)

### [Forward Deployed AI Architect (GenAI, AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d0a39280686350b2)

San Francisco Bay Area, CA Remote 2mo ago

Up to $250,000

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e59b51c8919f8bfb)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$134,500–$265,100

[NewRocket](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/newrocket)

### [Senior/Lead Forward Deployed AI Engineer-Anthropic-US West](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4aca90995d345805)

US Remote 2mo ago

Pay not posted

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

### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/492c0e6ed2f8baeb)

Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 more 2mo ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Alex](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alex)

### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75f6dd075ad25a46)

New York, NY On-site 2mo ago

$120,000–$180,000

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Microsoft AI & Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/058842f6828047b1)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$134,500–$265,100

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b7736da583f709f2)

New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$185,000–$300,000

[First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (New England Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/473c461a80ccbf80)

Providence, RI · Boston, MA · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago

$145,000–$175,000

[H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company)

### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0fe4112f3d62e9d4)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago

Pay not posted

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Google Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e43f7020fb07d9b)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$134,500–$265,100

[Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft)

### [Principal Software Engineer - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0c24d2a3db887b4)

US · city not listed 2mo ago

$142,800–$304,200

[Figma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/figma)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3cc84cc99542a8d)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 2mo ago

$153,000–$376,000

[Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa41a1949bc5bc55)

Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +9 more 2mo ago

$88,970–$316,750

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - AWS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71c2eebd168c7375)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$189,200–$372,900

[Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft)

### [Senior Data Scientist - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/665a0c7084875edf)

US · city not listed 2mo ago

$119,800–$261,000

[Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks)

### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c2623b39dd67a0fd)

Boston, MA Hybrid 2mo ago

$182,000–$250,208

[Replit](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/replit)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0a8a558662ad1d32)

Foster City, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$180,000–$300,000

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Microsoft AI & Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4029ebbed055418)

Multiple US offices 2mo ago

$189,200–$372,900

[Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft)

### [Senior Software Engineer - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7379521426b0cb11)

US · city not listed 2mo ago

$119,800–$261,000

1,596 of 1,894 build what the customer runs.

[Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary)

## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers pay?

1,384 of 1,894 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $230,000, from 558 companies.

### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers require?

Of 1,894 postings, 1,059 state a minimum number of years, from 525 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 571 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (307), under 3 years (116) or 10 or more years (65).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers?

These 1,894 postings come from 840 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (72), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (59), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (57), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (48) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (43).

### Are FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers remote?

384 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 442 are hybrid and 499 are on-site. The remaining 569 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 912 of the 1,894 postings.

Counted over the 1,894 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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