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FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers
1,244 postings · 558 companies · 943 state pay: median $204,000, half $173,000–$231,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$168,100–$261,500
$185,000–$300,000
$134,500–$265,100
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$142,800–$304,200
$153,000–$376,000
$134,500–$265,100
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +9 moreAtlanta, GA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$119,800–$261,000
$182,000–$250,208
$134,500–$265,100
$180,000–$300,000
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Pay not posted
$134,500–$265,100
$100,000–$160,000
$182,000–$250,208
$190,000–$240,000
$189,200–$372,900
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$182,000–$250,208
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$189,200–$372,900
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$182,000–$250,208
$230,000–$316,250
$91,100–$175,100
$200,000–$240,000
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$240,000
$134,500–$265,100
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
$194,000–$224,000
$155,600–$306,800
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$400,000
$155,600–$306,800
982 of 1,244 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers pay?
943 of 1,244 postings state a pay range. The median is $204,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $231,000, from 378 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers require?
Of 1,244 postings, 964 state a minimum number of years, from 486 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 529 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (275), under 3 years (96) or 10 or more years (64).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers?
These 1,244 postings come from 558 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (64), Databricks (63), Amazon (incl AWS) (47), Accenture (30) and OpenAI (28).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers remote?
271 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 288 are hybrid and 243 are on-site. The remaining 442 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 656 of the 1,244 postings.
Counted over the 1,244 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings