$168,100–$261,500
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience
314 postings · 206 companies · 255 state pay: median $226,000, half $198,000–$256,000
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$124,646–$168,272
$143,640–$273,000
$175,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
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
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$194,000–$266,000
$215,100–$384,400
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$142,800–$304,200
$153,000–$376,000
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$270,000
$250,000–$315,000
$177,375–$209,625
$168,912–$253,368
Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$168,100–$250,200
$200,000–$270,000
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
Pay not posted
$240,000–$290,000
$200,000–$225,000
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$200,100–$270,600
$189,200–$372,900
Pay not posted
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$200,100–$297,700
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$190,900–$334,100
$165,604–$228,491
$165,600–$331,200
Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 moreReston, VA +7Remote
$246,800–$394,300
136 of 314 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience pay?
255 of 314 postings state a pay range. The median is $226,000, and half of them sit between $198,000 and $256,000, from 156 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 314 postings, 282 state a minimum number of years, from 188 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 143 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (72), 3 to 5 years (64) or under 3 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience?
These 314 postings come from 206 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (21), Deloitte US (8), ServiceNow (6), Accenture (5) and Anduril (5).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience remote?
67 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 91 are hybrid and 41 are on-site. The remaining 115 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 122 of the 314 postings.
Counted over the 314 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 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