$185,000–$215,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Boston area serving external customers
80 postings · 29 companies · 65 state pay: median $208,000, half $179,000–$216,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$197,800–$271,975
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer (React+Node)
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$223,600
Pay not posted
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$183,997–$257,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreBoston, MA +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
Cambridge, MA · New York, NY · +8 moreCambridge, MA +9
$174,000–$252,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreBoston, MA +42
$112,900–$366,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Cambridge, MA · Seattle, WA · +9 moreCambridge, MA +10
$207,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +40 moreBoston, MA +41
$112,900–$302,400
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$182,000–$250,208
$230,000–$316,250
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Boston, MA · Arlington, VA · +35 moreBoston, MA +36
$80,400–$316,300
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
Boston, MA · East Palo Alto, CA · +2 moreBoston, MA +3
$143,700–$223,600
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · +8 moreBoston, MA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$150,000–$185,000
$112,900–$366,300
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
Boston, MA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$215,000
$54,400–$235,100
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
Boston, MA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$110,000–$160,000
$182,000–$250,208
$80,400–$316,300
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
Boston, MA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreBoston, MA +3
$143,700–$213,800
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Boston area serving external customers pay?
65 of 80 postings state a pay range. The median is $208,000, and half of them sit between $179,000 and $216,000, from 20 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Boston area serving external customers require?
Of 80 postings, 61 state a minimum number of years, from 26 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 37 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (14), under 3 years (5) or 10 or more years (5).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Boston area serving external customers?
These 80 postings come from 29 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (19), Amazon (incl AWS) (19), Databricks (6), Creative Chaos (4) and Analog Devices (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Boston area serving external customers remote?
4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 12 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. The remaining 55 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 57 of the 80 postings.
Counted over the 80 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. 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