$125,000–$144,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience with hybrid work
44 postings · 28 companies · 42 state pay: median $236,000, half $183,000–$264,000
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$180,000–$320,000
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$280,000–$320,000
$150,000–$200,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$120,000–$190,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
$175,000–$235,000
$310,000–$350,000
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
$248,000–$282,000
$200,000–$300,000
$240,000–$290,000
$175,000–$265,000
$200,000–$260,000
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
AfreshLeads the deployment team
Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$203,745–$275,655
$300,000–$360,000
$140,000–$160,000
$215,000–$285,000
Snorkel AIIntegrates and configures it
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Mesh PaymentsLeads the deployment team
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$282,000–$355,000
$123,000–$156,000
Shield AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
$180,000–$200,000
VercelLeads the deployment team
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
DatadogLeads the deployment team
Datadog for Startups - Forward Deployed Engineering Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$133,100–$176,400
$320,000–$405,000
Snorkel AILeads the deployment team
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
IntercomLeads the deployment team
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
$200,000–$250,000
$140,000–$170,000
Tessera LabsPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployed Strategist
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$150,000–$210,000
$180,000–$235,000
$105,000–$170,000
$150,000–$225,000
$165,000–$200,000
18 of 44 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience with hybrid work pay?
42 of 44 postings state a pay range. The median is $236,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $264,000, from 26 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience with hybrid work require?
Of 44 postings, 26 state a minimum number of years, from 18 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 13 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (6), 10 or more years (5) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience with hybrid work?
These 44 postings come from 28 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anthropic (4), monday.com (4), Snorkel AI (4), Taktile (4) and Asana (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience with hybrid work remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 44 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 20 of the 44 postings.
Counted over the 44 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. · How we read postings