$222,000–$290,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience at early-stage companies
106 postings · 66 companies · 58 state pay: median $200,000, half $175,000–$225,000
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Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$100,000–$160,000
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Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
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$140,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$300,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$140,000–$225,000
$150,000–$300,000
$180,000–$233,000
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$280,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$275,000
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$200,000–$300,000
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$150,000–$275,000
$150,000–$200,000
$160,000–$270,000
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$160,000–$225,000
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$200,000–$270,000
$120,000–$200,000
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$150,000–$175,000
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$180,000–$400,000
$170,000–$280,000
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70 of 106 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience at early-stage companies pay?
58 of 106 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $175,000 and $225,000, from 43 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience at early-stage companies require?
Of 106 postings, 54 state a minimum number of years, from 40 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 34 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (12), 6 to 9 years (7) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience at early-stage companies?
These 106 postings come from 66 companies. The employers with the most postings are Realm (5), Voltai (5), Obin AI (4), Rowspace (4) and Blank Metal (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience at early-stage companies remote?
22 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 32 are hybrid and 38 are on-site. The remaining 14 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 39 of the 106 postings.
Counted over the 106 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