$200,000–$400,000
FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers and internal teams
216 postings · 159 companies · 174 state pay: median $199,000, half $163,000–$232,000
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$130,000–$175,000
$225,000–$304,200
$185,000–$230,000
$150,000–$250,000
$156,000–$215,000
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Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)
Colorado Springs, CO · Aurora, CO · +1 moreColorado Springs, CO +2Hybrid
$143,824–$179,780
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
New York, NY
$100,000–$120,000
Sedgwick Claims Management ServicesBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
FLRemote
Pay not posted
HadrianLeads the deployment team
Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
SF Bay AreaOn-site
$300,000–$415,000
$129,500–$150,500
GRIDSIGHTBuilds for teams inside the company
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · US remoteAustin, TX +1 · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
$150,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
Cadre AILeads the deployment team
Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA
San Diego, CAHybrid
$165,000–$200,000
$181,000–$235,000
Re:Build ManufacturingBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listed
$120,223–$180,334
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
$184,900–$250,200
Lila SciencesBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences
Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CACambridge, MA +1
$192,000–$256,000
Thomson ReutersLeads the deployment team
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit
Brooklyn, NY · New York, NY · +4 moreBrooklyn, NY +5Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
Pay not posted
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Lead (SVP - Applied AI & Engineering)
Irving, TX
$156,160–$234,240
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Software Engineer Internship
Irvine, CA
$52,000
Johnson & JohnsonLeads the deployment team
Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs
Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PARaritan, NJ +1
$164,000–$282,900
$300,000–$415,000
$170,000–$300,000
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Software Engineer Internship
New York, NY
$52,000
EYIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$144,000–$374,000
$210,000–$260,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
Pay not posted
136 of 216 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers and internal teams pay?
174 of 216 postings state a pay range. The median is $199,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $232,000, from 121 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 216 postings, 136 state a minimum number of years, from 105 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 60 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (39), under 3 years (19) or 10 or more years (18).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers and internal teams?
These 216 postings come from 159 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (12), Striveworks (5), Focused (4), Google (4) and NVIDIA (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers and internal teams remote?
56 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 55 are hybrid and 40 are on-site. The remaining 65 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 74 of the 216 postings.
Counted over the 216 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