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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listed
$120,223–$180,334
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams
124 postings · 94 companies · 96 state pay: median $190,000, half $162,000–$219,000
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$195,000–$245,000
Forward Deployed Product Engineer
Burbank, CA · Glendale, CABurbank, CA +1Hybrid
$117,500–$157,500
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$152,000–$240,000
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$155,000–$185,000
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$96,000–$132,000
$117,800–$212,500
122 of 124 build for teams inside the company.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams pay?
96 of 124 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $219,000, from 74 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams require?
Of 124 postings, 74 state a minimum number of years, from 65 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 48 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (14), under 3 years (11) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams?
These 124 postings come from 94 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (11), OpenAI (4), Metropolis (3), NVIDIA (3) and Relativity (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams remote?
17 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 34 are hybrid and 29 are on-site. The remaining 44 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 19 of the 124 postings.
Counted over the 124 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings