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Forward Deployed Engineer - Infrastructure
New York, NYHybrid
$140,000–$220,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work serving external customers and internal teams
26 postings · 16 companies · 20 state pay: median $140,000, half $126,000–$153,000
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$160,000–$200,000
Safety RadarIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer | AI Implementation & Customer Success
Denver, CO · Tulsa, OKDenver, CO +1Hybrid
$95,000–$125,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
GradialIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Product Analyst
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$120,000–$135,000
Pay not posted
Shield AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$99,000–$133,000
$110,000–$170,000
ThatchIntegrates and configures it
Partner Engineer
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 more · US remoteAustin, TX +2 · US remoteRemote
$160,000–$195,000
$87,100–$157,450
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Senior Delivery Consultant - Security, WWPS Professional Services - GPS
Herndon, VA
$153,600–$207,800
Pay not posted
$170,000–$230,000
$120,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$80,400
$110,000–$120,000
Pay not posted
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
13 of 26 plan what the customer deploys first.
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What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work serving external customers and internal teams pay?
20 of 26 postings state a pay range. The median is $140,000, and half of them sit between $126,000 and $153,000, from 11 companies.
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work serving external customers and internal teams?
These 26 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (11), Amazon (incl AWS) (1), Enzo Health (1), FloQast (1) and gaiia (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with configuration work serving external customers and internal teams remote?
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. The remaining 6 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 16 of the 26 postings.
Counted over the 26 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings