$200,000–$250,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers
118 postings · 77 companies · 86 state pay: median $205,000, half $176,000–$248,000
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$220,000–$300,000
$180,000–$230,000
$237,150–$320,850
$170,000–$210,000
$222,000–$290,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3On-site
$143,700–$213,800
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$240,000
$170,000–$250,000 · OTE
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$179,500–$224,300
$157,000–$175,000
$140,000–$225,000
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$112,700–$183,900
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$150,000–$275,000
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$180,000–$300,000
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$150,000–$200,000
$150,000–$275,000
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$150,000–$200,000
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$200,000–$270,000
$140,000–$220,000
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$240,000
$140,000–$200,000
$180,000–$400,000
$170,000–$280,000
$159,000–$184,000
Pay not posted
81 of 118 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers pay?
86 of 118 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $176,000 and $248,000, from 56 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers require?
Of 118 postings, 77 state a minimum number of years, from 53 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 44 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (17), under 3 years (13) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers?
These 118 postings come from 77 companies. The employers with the most postings are LangChain (9), Appian (5), Decagon (5), Doss (4) and reflection.ai (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 118 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 39 of the 118 postings.
Counted over the 118 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 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