$192,000–$455,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience on-site
199 postings · 148 companies · 129 state pay: median $200,000, half $163,000–$235,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
$120,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$170,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$110,000–$140,000
$175,100–$245,000
$160,000–$265,000
$180,000–$240,000
$192,000–$455,000
$200,000–$275,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$115,000–$130,000
$140,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$167,000–$203,000
Pay not posted
$100,000–$160,000
$140,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
$215,000–$275,000
$200,000–$400,000
$150,000–$300,000
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer - TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)
Chantilly, VAOn-site
$192,000–$455,000
$120,000–$160,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$300,000
$200,000–$300,000
$170,000–$250,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$179,500–$224,300
$125,000–$180,000
$170,000–$250,000
$110,000–$160,000
$200,000–$300,000
127 of 199 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience on-site pay?
129 of 199 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $235,000, from 101 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience on-site require?
Of 199 postings, 149 state a minimum number of years, from 115 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 92 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (45) or 6 to 9 years (12).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience on-site?
These 199 postings come from 148 companies. The employers with the most postings are Agile Defense (11), SpaceX (11), Atoms (4), LangChain (4) and Rowspace (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience on-site remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 199 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 59 of the 199 postings.
Counted over the 199 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