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FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience

1,165 postings · 439 companies · 978 state pay: median $202,000, half $170,000–$231,000

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Forward Deployed Engineer

Marina Del Rey, CA · San Francisco, CAMarina Del Rey, CA +1Hybrid

$125,000–$175,000

654 of 1,165 build what the customer runs.

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience pay?

978 of 1,165 postings state a pay range. The median is $202,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $231,000, from 346 companies.

How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience require?

Of 1,165 postings, 671 state a minimum number of years, from 322 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 318 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (246), under 3 years (59) or 10 or more years (48).

Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience?

These 1,165 postings come from 439 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (66), Databricks (64), Amazon (incl AWS) (36), Accenture (31) and Anduril (28).

Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience remote?

194 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 314 are hybrid and 186 are on-site. The remaining 471 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 514 of the 1,165 postings.

Counted over the 1,165 postings in this search. Postings read on September 22, 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

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