OpenAIBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYC
New York, NYHybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience
247 postings · 165 companies · 217 state pay: median $226,000, half $187,000–$260,000
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AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Healthcare Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
$80,400–$316,300
$124,646–$168,272
$142,800–$274,800
Kyndryl (Professional)Builds what the customer runs
Associate Director, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer
Frisco, TXHybrid
$143,640–$273,000
Handshake (AI training)Builds what the customer runs
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
GoogleBuilds what the customer runs
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$207,000–$300,000
$119,800–$234,700
AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$185,000–$300,000
$192,010–$274,300
$110,800–$177,300
SecurityScorecardBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Austin, TXNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$260,000
$240,000–$280,000
$192,010–$274,300
Kyndryl (Professional)Builds what the customer runs
Associate Director, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer
Frisco, TXHybrid
$143,640–$273,000
Wolters KluwerBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 moreNew York, NY +9
$215,100–$384,400
Snorkel AIBuilds what the customer runs
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$192,010–$274,300
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds what the customer runs
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$168,100–$250,200
Snorkel AIBuilds what the customer runs
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
MicrosoftBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineering
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
FigmaBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$153,000–$376,000
DatabricksBuilds what the customer runs
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security
US · city not listedHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$230,000–$275,000
$142,800–$304,200
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$156,060–$211,140
SnowflakeBuilds what the customer runs
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
reflection.aiBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - AI Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
$168,912–$253,368
Tessera LabsBuilds what the customer runs
Forward-Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$180,000–$233,000
$160,000–$270,000
Invisible TechnologiesBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
SmartsheetBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Principal Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)
USRemote
$235,000–$315,000
$240,000–$290,000
$200,000–$225,000
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience pay?
217 of 247 postings state a pay range. The median is $226,000, and half of them sit between $187,000 and $260,000, from 142 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 247 postings, 172 state a minimum number of years, from 121 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 90 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (44), 10 or more years (36) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience?
These 247 postings come from 165 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (9), Amazon (incl AWS) (9), Deloitte US (9), Google (7) and Microsoft (6).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience remote?
47 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 81 are hybrid and 37 are on-site. The remaining 82 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 92 of the 247 postings.
Counted over the 247 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 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