Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel
22 postings · 15 companies · 20 state pay: median $215,000, half $191,000–$233,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$168,100–$261,500
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$200,100–$270,600
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$200,100–$297,700
$140,000–$190,000
$150,000–$225,000
$138,000–$200,000
$200,000–$265,000
$179,875–$203,925
$225,000–$304,200
Second Front SystemsIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Implementation Focus
USRemote
$160,000–$190,000
Re:Build ManufacturingBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listed
$120,223–$180,334
SalesforceLeads the deployment team
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$196,700–$329,210
Johnson & JohnsonLeads the deployment team
Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs
Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PARaritan, NJ +1
$164,000–$282,900
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
Shield AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$184,000–$356,500
$215,000–$245,000
14 of 22 build what the customer runs.
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What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel pay?
20 of 22 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $191,000 and $233,000, from 13 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel require?
Of 22 postings, 18 state a minimum number of years, from 12 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 10 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (5) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel?
These 22 postings come from 15 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (8), Bain (1), CADDi (1), Google (1) and Gyde (1).
Counted over the 22 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings