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FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience
803 postings · 499 companies · 570 state pay: median $187,000, half $158,000–$216,000
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
$166,000–$253,000
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - New York
New York, NYHybrid
$100,000–$140,000
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ConvergeHEALTH - Forward Deployed Engineer, Data Studio-Supply Chain - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
$155,600–$306,800
$112,800–$257,000
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516 of 803 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience pay?
570 of 803 postings state a pay range. The median is $187,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $216,000, from 343 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 803 postings, 613 state a minimum number of years, from 423 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 385 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (106), 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 803 postings come from 499 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (20), Anduril (18), Amazon (incl AWS) (17), OpenAI (17) and Booz Allen (15).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience remote?
173 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 192 are hybrid and 198 are on-site. The remaining 240 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 300 of the 803 postings.
Counted over the 803 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