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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listed
$120,223–$180,334
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams
232 postings · 169 companies · 188 state pay: median $190,000, half $160,000–$221,000
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Lead GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer, YouTube GTM Operations
San Bruno, CA · Mountain View, CA · +1 moreSan Bruno, CA +2
$186,000–$269,000
$85,000–$100,000
$250,000–$275,000
$210,000–$220,000
$231,000–$398,500
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
Los Angeles, CA · Beverly Hills, CALos Angeles, CA +1Remote
$166,000–$208,000
$207,000–$300,000
$130,000–$170,000
$135,000–$165,000
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (P4570)
Cincinnati, OH · Chicago, ILCincinnati, OH +1On-site
$125,000–$207,000
$117,500–$157,500
$140,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$128,660–$194,218
Forward Deployed Product Engineer
Burbank, CA · Glendale, CABurbank, CA +1Hybrid
$117,500–$157,500
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Los Angeles, CA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4On-site
$150,000–$280,000
$195,000–$245,000
$185,000–$265,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CAChicago, IL +1On-site
$280,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$152,000–$240,000
$152,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
$139,700–$232,900
Pay not posted
$85,000–$122,200
$141,440–$212,160
$217,000–$248,000
$170,000–$250,000
$190,000–$225,000
$152,000–$192,000
Pay not posted
$169,800–$297,400
227 of 232 build for teams inside the company.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams pay?
188 of 232 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $221,000, from 140 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams require?
Of 232 postings, 144 state a minimum number of years, from 120 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 72 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (54), under 3 years (12) or 10 or more years (6).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams?
These 232 postings come from 169 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (11), Anduril (7), Apple (7), OpenAI (5) and Compass (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving internal teams remote?
39 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 66 are hybrid and 42 are on-site. The remaining 85 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 33 of the 232 postings.
Counted over the 232 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