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# FDE jobs · Individual contributor

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1&management=ic

1,180 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 601 employers. Compare posted pay, locations and work arrangements, then read the employer’s posting.

Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs).

**1,180** postings · **601** companies · median **$180,000** · middle half $152,000–$215,000 · read Nov 6, 2026

[Suki AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/suki-ai)

### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12d765d673cd368d)

Redwood City, CA Yesterday

$225,000–$250,000

[Monte Carlo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/monte-carlo)

### [Applied Forward Deployed Engineer (Post-Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4593abbbddffbf3a)

US Remote Yesterday

$140,000–$180,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Client Solutions)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8948b7dff5b3ef4d)

New York, NY Hybrid Yesterday

$140,000–$220,000

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

### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/17886955cf8079ec)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid Yesterday

$130,000–$215,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7460c510f62762db)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more 2d ago

$207,000–$300,000

[Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters)

### [Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4062210d6364bfec)

Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 more Hybrid 2d ago

$118,400–$253,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/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 On-site 2d ago

$143,700–$223,600

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

### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4e6543d37b1522)

New York, NY On-site 2d ago

$210,000–$270,000

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

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a66d5225152e662)

US Remote 2d ago

$158,000–$210,000

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

### [Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/18c2eb0f60fcfda6)

Fort Meade, MD On-site 2d ago

$192,000–$455,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82606f0a46009d9d)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more 3d ago

$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/91438c07da633c6c)

Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 more 3d ago

$143,700–$213,800

[Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfe338dad6dac3cb)

Somerville, MA On-site 3d ago

$150,000–$200,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f8984aea217c71f)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3d ago

$180,000–$220,000

[Enlighten AI Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enlighten-ai-labs)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ed9e8e8098a61db)

Chicago, IL 4d ago

$135,000–$175,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Higher Education, Google Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d79f8d9d3dca840c)

Sunnyvale, CA 4d ago

$207,000–$300,000

[Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f13c7e99d08d7c7e)

San Mateo, CA On-site 3d ago

$150,000–$200,000

[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)

Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 more 4d ago

$143,700–$194,400

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0bcf35f10ba6dd1)

Redwood City, CA 4d ago

$195,000–$225,000

[Joyful Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/joyful-health)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22795913cd1c6605)

New York, NY Hybrid 4d ago

$150,000–$275,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/35309f31ac8daaee)

Colorado Springs, CO 4d ago

$114,000–$192,000

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

### [Senior Consultant CPM (Forward Deployed Engineer)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b41f70d45f77df0a)

Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +1 more Hybrid 4d ago

$95,000–$140,000

[Trase Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trase-systems)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15bd77cd9f0f35f4)

Seattle, WA · Mclean, VA Remote 4d ago

$150,000–$240,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4261eb924e4d3dcb)

Seattle, WA On-site 5d ago

$100,000–$120,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f930c687b863b8e1)

Pittsburgh, PA 8d ago

$174,000–$252,000

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

### [Senior Forward Deployed AI Architect (GenAI, AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fab373d68180b616)

NJ Remote 8d ago

$180,000–$200,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43e74ff97f9abf5c)

Chicago, IL Hybrid 9d ago

$160,000–$213,300

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

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Full-Stack)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e9c59d4c6005d1d)

US Remote 9d ago

$250,000–$400,000 · OTE

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Generative AI, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7df1eb35192cccd)

Pittsburgh, PA 8d ago

$207,000–$300,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ff7b7b2f9e8f946)

San Jose, CA On-site 9d ago

$180,000–$300,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b7b9b01aafdb7a1)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 9d ago

$180,000–$237,000

[NTT DATA, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ntt-data-inc)

### [Intermediate Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/481c04d87a784d1c)

New York, NY Hybrid 10d ago

$92,000–$170,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10a632380303adc5)

Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 more 8d ago

$152,000–$221,000

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

### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0c5715c904689d35)

Seattle, WA 10d ago

$155,000–$225,000

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

### [Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer (GenAI, AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/644535b6e8af3ed6)

NJ Remote 10d ago

$180,000–$200,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ffbd3b08d110bff9)

Arlington, VA 11d ago

$77,600–$176,000

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, State and Local Government, Google Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07920020d186fcb3)

New York, NY · Reston, VA 8d ago

$207,000–$300,000

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

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0cffa0668d774f5)

New York, NY Hybrid 11d ago

$180,000–$300,000

[6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense)

### [Sr. ML Ops Engineer, Forward-Deployed ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06ba4bd7675e00f2)

San Francisco, CA Remote 11d ago

$191,475–$260,830

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

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e4a93b1a8147acd)

New York, NY On-site 11d ago

$215,000–$241,000

684 of these 1,180 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE jobs pay?

1,180 of 1,180 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $152,000 and $215,000, from 601 companies.

### How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,180 postings, 603 state a minimum number of years, from 389 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 355 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (121), 6 to 9 years (110) or 10 or more years (17).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,180 postings come from 601 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (61), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (32), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (23), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (20) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (18).

### Are FDE jobs remote?

194 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 299 are hybrid and 353 are on-site. The remaining 334 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 454 of the 1,180 postings.

Counted over the 1,180 postings in this search.

Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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