$185,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience
96 postings · 59 companies · 83 state pay: median $229,000, half $206,000–$255,000
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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
$143,640–$273,000
$220,000–$300,000
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$207,000–$300,000
$119,800–$234,700
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
$200,000–$260,000
$240,000–$280,000
$192,010–$274,300
$143,640–$273,000
$215,100–$384,400
$180,000–$320,000
$192,010–$274,300
Pay not posted
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$168,100–$250,200
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
$230,000–$275,000
$142,800–$304,200
Pay not posted
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$156,060–$211,140
$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
$168,912–$253,368
$180,000–$233,000
$160,000–$270,000
$250,000–$300,000
$235,000–$315,000
$240,000–$290,000
$200,000–$225,000
All 96 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience pay?
83 of 96 postings state a pay range. The median is $229,000, and half of them sit between $206,000 and $255,000, from 50 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 96 postings, 68 state a minimum number of years, from 45 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 34 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (21) or 10 or more years (13).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience?
These 96 postings come from 59 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (8), Google (5), Microsoft (4), Scale AI (4) and Appian (3).
Are staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience remote?
22 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 26 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 34 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 40 of the 96 postings.
Counted over the 96 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