$176,720–$265,080
Staff-level FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience
100 postings · 88 companies · 78 state pay: median $216,000, half $180,000–$233,000
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$192,000–$240,000
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Lead GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer, YouTube GTM Operations
San Bruno, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Bruno, CA +2
$186,000–$269,000
$195,000–$270,000
$200,000–$250,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI Productivity
Dallas, TX · San Jose, CADallas, TX +1
$200,000–$275,000
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2On-site
$150,000–$300,000
$200,000–$285,000
$120,000–$180,000
$210,000–$220,000
$170,000–$220,000
Vice President - Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Hybrid
$242,100–$332,900
$128,660–$221,973
$195,000–$240,000
$184,900–$250,200
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Hybrid (Acton, MA or San Diego, CA)
Acton, MA · San Diego, CAActon, MA +1Hybrid
$143,700–$215,550
Observability Forward Deployed Engineer
Charlotte, NC · Atlanta, GA · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2
Pay not posted
$137,775–$262,000
$138,000–$208,000
$220,000–$290,000
$255,000–$351,000
$175,200–$240,900
Principal AI Engineer – Enterprise Generative AI
Charlotte, NC · Irving, TXCharlotte, NC +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$250,000
$180,000–$225,000
$111,840–$139,800
$167,000–$230,000
$180,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$220,000–$290,000
Principal Engineer, Commercial AI Forward Deployment
Seattle, WA · Frisco, TXSeattle, WA +1Hybrid
$164,500–$296,700
Pay not posted
Senior Manager, Research Intelligence Engineer
Princeton, NJ · Tampa, FL · +3 morePrinceton, NJ +4
$134,980–$179,920
All 100 build for teams inside the company.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience pay?
78 of 100 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $233,000, from 69 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 100 postings, 91 state a minimum number of years, from 80 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 52 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (22), 10 or more years (14) or under 3 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience?
These 100 postings come from 88 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anduril (3), Amazon (incl AWS) (2), Apple (2), Elastic (2) and F5 (2).
Are staff-level FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience remote?
19 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 28 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 36 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 15 of the 100 postings.
Counted over the 100 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