$183,400–$229,200
FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience
360 postings · 249 companies · 283 state pay: median $187,000, half $160,000–$216,000
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$200,000–$250,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI Productivity
Dallas, TX · San Jose, CADallas, TX +1
$200,000–$275,000
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2On-site
$150,000–$300,000
$200,000–$285,000
$145,000–$165,000
$120,000–$180,000
$200,000–$250,000
$85,000–$100,000
$104,000–$210,000
$210,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$170,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
Vice President - Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Hybrid
$242,100–$332,900
$128,660–$221,973
$100,000–$195,000
$100,000–$195,000
$181,000–$235,000
$195,000–$240,000
$120,223–$180,334
$184,900–$250,200
$120,000–$200,000
$130,000–$140,000
$95,000–$120,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Hybrid (Acton, MA or San Diego, CA)
Acton, MA · San Diego, CAActon, MA +1Hybrid
$143,700–$215,550
$130,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Observability Forward Deployed Engineer
Charlotte, NC · Atlanta, GA · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2
Pay not posted
$137,775–$262,000
$159,300–$202,400
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$170,000–$250,000
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
Pay not posted
$125,000–$175,000
$152,000–$192,000
All 360 build for teams inside the company.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience pay?
283 of 360 postings state a pay range. The median is $187,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $216,000, from 195 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 360 postings, 304 state a minimum number of years, from 224 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 156 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (91), under 3 years (32) or 10 or more years (25).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience?
These 360 postings come from 249 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (14), Anduril (10), Amazon (incl AWS) (8), T-Mobile (8) and Citi (Citigroup Inc.) (7).
Are FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company asking for software engineering experience remote?
57 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 92 are hybrid and 71 are on-site. The remaining 140 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 53 of the 360 postings.
Counted over the 360 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