$192,000–$455,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers
245 postings · 172 companies · 170 state pay: median $200,000, half $170,000–$235,000
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$150,000–$180,000
$180,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering, Prisma AIRS)
CA, TX, NYOn-site
$156,400–$253,000
$150,000–$225,000
$120,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$136,000–$216,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
$120,000–$200,000
$175,000–$215,000
$170,000–$230,000
$180,000–$480,000
Pay not posted
$110,000–$140,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$175,100–$245,000
$199,000–$325,000
$160,000–$265,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$240,000
$150,000–$190,000
$180,000–$220,000
$192,000–$455,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$190,000
$200,000–$275,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$200,000–$250,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$240,000
$237,150–$369,150
$130,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$115,000–$130,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
191 of 245 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers pay?
170 of 245 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $235,000, from 121 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers require?
Of 245 postings, 195 state a minimum number of years, from 141 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 122 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (35), 6 to 9 years (31) or 10 or more years (7).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site serving external customers?
These 245 postings come from 172 companies. The employers with the most postings are Agile Defense (11), LangChain (7), Appian (4), Rowspace (4) and Twenty (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 245 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 101 of the 245 postings.
Counted over the 245 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