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Senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work
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$190,000–$265,000
FriendliAIProduction engineering
Solutions Architect - AI Inference Specialist
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$115,520–$198,360
$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
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
CiscoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer Secure Services Edge (Remote)
Austin, TXRemote
$166,300–$307,800
$230,000–$280,000 · OTE
ForterraImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Clarksburg, MD · Carey, ID · +1 moreClarksburg, MD +2
$120,000–$150,000
Up to $135,000
$128,000–$173,000
$146,400–$219,600
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Shield AIImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
$116,000–$176,000
$100,000–$125,000
$140,000–$175,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$220,000–$260,000
$116,500–$158,000
Together AIImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer (Inference & Post-Training)
San Francisco, CA
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$150,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
HiveWatchImplementation & delivery
Physical Security Systems Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Dallas, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$99,000–$133,000
$120,000–$150,000
$180,000–$200,000
$140,000–$180,000
$110,000–$170,000
CloudflareImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Austin, TX · Dallas, TX · +2 moreAustin, TX +3Hybrid
$184,000–$253,000
Hyperbolic LabsImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - Eastern US
USRemote
Pay not posted
$90,000–$225,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work pay?
83 of 107 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $143,000 and $202,000, across 57 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work require?
Of 107 postings, 23 state a minimum number of years, from 22 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 17 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (4) or 6 to 9 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work?
These 107 postings come from 79 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (14), Instrumental (3), Sitreps (3), Airtable (2) and Decagon (2).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work remote?
21 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 32 are hybrid and 41 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 42 of the 107 postings.
Counted over the 107 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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