> 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 jobs that build what the customer runs in Seattle area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=puget-sound&role=builds-for-customers&page=2 152 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs in the Seattle area, from 56 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $179,000 to $215,000. **152** postings · **56** companies · 138 state pay: median **$199,000**, half $179,000–$215,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Seattle](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/77ecee88fe61f440) Seattle, WA Hybrid 7w ago $185,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6bb0ae9f5fef1b81) Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · +3 more 10d ago $168,100–$227,400 [Archera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/archera) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e3e1f0b640f27ba) Seattle, WA · New York, NY Remote 1mo ago Pay not posted [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d71e3d95228a376e) Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $112,900–$302,400 [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [Capgemini Invent - Senior Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0014ace4470c3ce5) Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +4 more 2mo ago $112,600–$212,700 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5bf574259f324a9) Seattle, WA · Jessup, MD · +4 more 10d ago $168,100–$250,200 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94f64d80eba2db88) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +9 more 2mo ago $207,000–$300,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c678035fc1bf46) Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +35 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [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) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ef22c72ece768b6) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +38 more 2mo ago $112,900–$366,300 [SageOx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sageox) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/35ce3c8a8138f437) Seattle, WA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/780f6825731d9f9e) Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - Seattle](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ca5bc04c7c47781) Seattle, WA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$300,000 [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 [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) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ff23fbf052dee22) Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [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 [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 [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 [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/4c69a80c6d243936) Seattle, WA · Jessup, MD · +4 more 2w ago $143,700–$213,800 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7450160035e263a5) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more 5mo ago $252,000–$315,000 [DigitalOcean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/digitalocean) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4078b92dfa142527) Seattle, WA Hybrid 6mo ago $220,000–$239,000 [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46e723bdc170c945) Seattle, WA Hybrid 7mo ago $145,000–$175,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/818aaa7b6b639645) Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +2 more 2w ago $143,700–$223,600 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67b7c374d76c71b3) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more 5mo ago $216,000–$270,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9bc592561200f48c) 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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05bf5078ed5d3f1b) Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa082644713e92d5) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more 5mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [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 [Summation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/summation) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/08d1243bbe691639) Bellevue, WA Hybrid 11mo ago $170,000–$200,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01117a360ce4eb64) Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b932491c6942bae3) Seattle, WA · Washington, DC · +1 more Hybrid 14mo ago $145,800–$280,000 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1132657e1724cf67) Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b9357990c31169e) Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/799ec8c403091b46) Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23de35c0893990fc) Seattle, WA · Jessup, MD · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 All 152 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Seattle area pay? 138 of 152 postings state a pay range. The median is $199,000, and half of them sit between $179,000 and $215,000, from 45 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Seattle area require? Of 152 postings, 114 state a minimum number of years, from 42 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 68 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (30), 10 or more years (10) or under 3 years (6). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Seattle area? These 152 postings come from 56 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (36), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (16), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (7), [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (7) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (6). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Seattle area remote? 13 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 33 are hybrid and 10 are on-site. The remaining 96 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 105 of the 152 postings. Counted over the 152 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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