TitanProduction engineering
Solutions Architect
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
Pay not posted
FDE jobs across the US
105 postings from 68 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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105 jobs
$115,520–$198,360
$120,000–$160,000
$199,800–$222,000
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
CiscoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer Secure Services Edge (Remote)
Austin, TXRemote
$166,300–$307,800
$100,000–$115,000
NotionDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$165,000–$205,000 · OTE
GoogleImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto
Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WAMountain View, CA +1
$152,000–$221,000
$97,600–$164,492
$128,000–$173,000
$150,000–$250,000
$180,000–$210,000
ArtisanDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed GTM Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$180,000
$115,000–$130,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
$150,000–$180,000
$105,000–$135,000
$115,000–$130,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Hubs.isDeployment strategy
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist (Spanish or Portuguese fluent)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$105,000–$135,000
$140,000–$175,000
$180,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
TENEX.AIDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 moreScottsdale, AZ +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$99,000–$225,000
$180,000–$200,000
$110,000–$170,000
$120,000–$150,000
$170,000–$280,000 · OTE
$160,000–$180,000
$110,000–$170,000
$90,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$90,000–$150,000
$180,000–$220,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
81 of 105 postings state a pay range. The median is $170,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $200,000, across 49 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 105 postings, 32 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 16 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (8), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 105 postings come from 68 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (15), Decagon (4), Doss (4), Sitreps (4) and Cohere Health (3).
Are FDE jobs remote?
19 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 28 are hybrid and 41 are on-site. The remaining 17 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 42 of the 105 postings.
Counted over the 105 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- SF Bay Area · 688 jobs · 288 companies · 688
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- Public · 587 jobs · 122 companies · 587
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- Production code · 1678 jobs · 625 companies · 1678
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- Implementation / production · 2105 jobs · 709 companies · 2105
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- External customers · 1656 jobs · 525 companies · 1656
- Internal teams · 334 jobs · 223 companies · 334
- Both · 157 jobs · 106 companies · 157
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- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
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- 25% or more · 448 jobs · 140 companies · 448