$141,000–$250,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience
861 postings · 348 companies · 716 state pay: median $200,000, half $170,000–$225,000
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$120,223–$180,334
$182,000–$250,208
$159,200–$301,600
Pay not posted
$155,000–$190,000
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$170,000–$250,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$175,000–$235,000
$120,000–$158,000
$182,000–$250,208
$179,500–$224,300
Pay not posted
$120,000–$158,000
$182,000–$250,208
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$159,200–$301,600
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$112,700–$183,900
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$157,000–$175,000
$182,000–$250,208
AI/ML Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$140,000–$225,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$148,000–$255,000
$179,500–$224,300
$182,000–$250,208
$148,500–$365,200
533 of 861 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience pay?
716 of 861 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $225,000, from 266 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 861 postings, 471 state a minimum number of years, from 244 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 266 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (151), under 3 years (44) or 10 or more years (10).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience?
These 861 postings come from 348 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (56), Deloitte US (56), Booz Allen (26), OpenAI (25) and Accenture (23).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience remote?
137 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 222 are hybrid and 139 are on-site. The remaining 363 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 387 of the 861 postings.
Counted over the 861 postings in this search. Postings read on September 22, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. 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