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# Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US

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3,307 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 1,371 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).

**3,307** postings · **1,371** companies · **2,427** with pay · median **$193,000** · middle half $161,000–$225,000 · read Nov 11, 2026

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

### [Solutions Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3efe382e7af45e15)

US Remote 11mo ago

$160,000–$210,000 · OTE

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

### [Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ee31e5e457753a2)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago

$180,000–$230,000 · total compensation

[West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe)

### [Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a4fa989247e7868)

Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +7 more 12mo ago

$152,200–$205,900

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

### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d90215677cacd31e)

Austin, TX Remote Since 2025

$200,000–$250,000

[Applied Compute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-compute)

### [Applied Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec99a6997bc027a9)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

$200,000–$320,000

[Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai)

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

$180,000–$225,000

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

### [Backend Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36c1a30a9341507f)

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid Since 2025

$207,000–$385,000

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

### [Staff Software Engineer, Active Clearance, Air Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07fb96b46de82a44)

Irvine, CA Since 2025

$220,000–$292,000

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

### [Cleared GenAI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c6ee9d149976dd2a)

Washington, DC Since 2025

$98,500–$184,900

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

### [Senior Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8131113365a3ff7)

US Remote Since 2025

Pay not posted

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

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc60b7334e6d79fe)

New York, NY On-site Since 2025

$150,000–$400,000

[Commerce Architects](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commerce-architects)

### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04ee8bec5fcd3c50)

Spokane, WA Remote Since 2025

Pay not posted

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

### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2968caaa1a27ff8a)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

Pay not posted

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

### [Mission Software Engineer - Honolulu, HI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31f4048356648863)

Honolulu, HI On-site Since 2025

$150,000–$185,000

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

### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/774e7ed1f294a9c8)

New York, NY Hybrid Since 2025

$200,000–$250,000

[C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai)

### [ Data Scientist (Federal) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c6231358814fa8)

Tysons, VA On-site Since 2025

$136,000–$183,000

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

### [Member of Technical Staff](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01a82ae1893d794f)

Palo Alto, CA Since 2025

$180,000–$210,000

[Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical)

### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53dfbacde8578f09)

San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC Remote Since 2025

Pay not posted

[Eloquent AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eloquent-ai)

### [AI Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e6b93d389bf36ca)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

Pay not posted

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

### [Senior Deployment Engineer -USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ae605d9d682d89e)

US Remote Since 2025

Pay not posted

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

### [Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/245ead0bc1b975e3)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025

Pay not posted

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

### [Data Scientist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c3bf2e5c01fc540)

New York, NY Hybrid Since 2025

$120,000–$240,000

[Brain Co.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brain-co)

### [Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d6f1187acbf90f7c)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025

$190,000–$325,000

[Thread AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thread-ai)

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e482392c6a3ac014)

New York, NY On-site Since 2025

$145,000–$200,000

[Chai Discovery](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chai-discovery)

### [Software Engineer, Scientific Products](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d944765beb4d795d)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

Pay not posted

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

### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33f26e7ec9153f1d)

Washington, DC Since 2025

$191,000–$254,000

[Brain Co.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brain-co)

### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64816e82a771004e)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025

$180,000–$325,000

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

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/180628124ecc500d)

New York, NY On-site Since 2025

$120,000–$190,000

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

### [Software Engineer, Implementations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/291c8fd7db235c8c)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote Since 2025

$90,000–$110,000

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

### [Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a22af88501440ae)

Washington, DC Since 2025

$167,000–$222,000

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

### [Software Engineer (Short Term Contract)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e5d4a710b46e4c5)

US Remote Since 2025

Pay not posted

[Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai)

### [Member of Technical Staff, Applied Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/991b159eed68c984)

San Mateo, CA Hybrid Since 2025

$170,000–$240,000

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

### [Software Engineer - Mission Dev](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/930f583e6dd485a0)

Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +1 more On-site Since 2025

$149,000–$250,000

[Spear AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spear-ai)

### [Mission Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42f4560f29486608)

Washington, DC On-site Since 2025

Pay not posted

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

### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/031c2bf24e0ed556)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

$180,000–$390,000

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

### [Lead Agent Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1556bc4fdeaa7891)

New York, NY Since 2025

$196,000–$223,000

[Rise8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rise8)

### [Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d316eb9aa08e46f)

Colorado Springs, CO · Aurora, CO · +1 more Hybrid Since 2025

$143,824–$179,780

[Spear AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spear-ai)

### [Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75e91de6ce709edf)

Washington, DC On-site Since 2025

Pay not posted

[Two Dots](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-dots)

### [Member of the Technical Staff - Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df3f0d46445696a0)

San Francisco, CA Since 2025

$175,000–$225,000

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

### [Software Engineer, Connected Warfare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b365e775127b47d)

Washington, DC Since 2024

$129,000–$253,000

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE jobs pay?

2,427 of 3,307 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $161,000 and $225,000, from 919 companies.

### How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 3,307 postings, 1,939 state a minimum number of years, from 939 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 1,025 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (544), under 3 years (228) or 10 or more years (142).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 3,307 postings come from 1,371 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (85), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (79), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (72), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (70) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (53).

### Are FDE jobs remote?

697 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 806 are hybrid and 820 are on-site. The remaining 984 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,376 of the 3,307 postings.

Counted over the 3,307 postings in this search.

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

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