Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
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FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience
805 postings · 500 companies · 573 state pay: median $187,000, half $158,000–$216,000
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$170,000–$210,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Hybrid, USA)
Denver, CO · Charlotte, NC · +1 moreDenver, CO +2Hybrid
$140,000–$220,000
$122,209.58–$211,317.81
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$150,000–$200,000
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$117,000–$143,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
$150,000–$300,000
$168,000–$285,000
$180,000–$200,000
$157,500–$185,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
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$120,000–$200,000
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$180,000–$250,000
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$120,000–$200,000
$170,000–$230,000
$155,000–$175,000
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$110,000–$140,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreBoston, MA +3
$143,700–$213,800
$175,100–$245,000
$180,000–$250,000
$190,000–$238,000
Capgemini Invent, Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +4 moreAtlanta, GA +5
$110,000–$137,500
$134,700–$202,200
Forward Deployed Engineer, Kaggle, DeepMind (Fixed-Term Contract)
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$232,000
$170,000–$225,000
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516 of 805 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience pay?
573 of 805 postings state a pay range. The median is $187,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $216,000, from 344 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 805 postings, 614 state a minimum number of years, from 425 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 385 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (107), 6 to 9 years (105) or 10 or more years (17).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience?
These 805 postings come from 500 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (20), Amazon (incl AWS) (18), Anduril (18), OpenAI (17) and Booz Allen (14).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience remote?
173 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 191 are hybrid and 199 are on-site. The remaining 242 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 302 of the 805 postings.
Counted over the 805 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · 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