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1,142 postings from 479 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.

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VoltaiProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid

Pay not posted

SiftProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid

$125,000–$175,000

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

892 of 1,142 postings state a pay range. The median is $191,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $225,000, across 351 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,142 postings, 173 state a minimum number of years, from 114 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 93 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (80).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,142 postings come from 479 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (48), Amazon (incl AWS) (43), Databricks (33), Deloitte US (33) and Anduril (31).

Are FDE jobs remote?

183 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 273 are hybrid and 295 are on-site. The remaining 391 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 455 of the 1,142 postings.

Counted over the 1,142 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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  • Senior · 1661 jobs · 613 companies · 1661
  • Staff+ · 383 jobs · 228 companies · 383
  • Mid · 96 jobs · 67 companies · 96
  • Junior · 22 jobs · 13 companies · 22

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