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Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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933 postings · 496 companies · 665 state pay: median $185,000, half $155,000–$216,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
$133,400–$226,800
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 moreFrisco, TX +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
$210,000–$270,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$136,948–$167,380
$185,000–$300,000
$158,000–$210,000
$192,000–$455,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$143,700–$213,800
$150,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$220,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$150,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer (Patuxent River, MD / Mid-level)
US · city not listedOn-site
Pay not posted
$175,000–$220,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$207,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$135,000–$175,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$143,700–$194,400
$195,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
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$150,000–$275,000
$114,000–$192,000
Senior Consultant CPM (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreAtlanta, GA +2Hybrid
$95,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000
$185,000–$215,000
$180,000–$240,000
$150,000–$240,000
549 of 933 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
665 of 933 postings state a pay range. The median is $185,000, and half of them sit between $155,000 and $216,000, from 329 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 933 postings, 636 state a minimum number of years, from 352 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 346 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (176), 10 or more years (63) or under 3 years (51).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 933 postings come from 496 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (32), Google (21), LMI (17), NVIDIA (17) and Capgemini (13).
Are FDE jobs remote?
248 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 189 are hybrid and 172 are on-site. The remaining 324 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 367 of the 933 postings.
Counted over the 933 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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