$200,000–$250,000
FDE jobs across the US
182 postings from 96 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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182 jobs
$150,000–$250,000
$180,000–$350,000
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$222,000–$290,000
$150,000–$180,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist - Oil & Gas, Houston
Houston, TXHybrid
Pay not posted
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Layer HealthProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Retell AIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Spanish Fluency Required)
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Retell AIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Mandarin Fluency Required)
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$170,000–$220,000
Defense UnicornsProduction engineering
FDE Data Engineer- Space (FedD141/FedD147)
Colorado Springs, CO · Cape Canaveral, FL · +2 more · US remoteColorado Springs, CO +3 · US remoteRemote
$123,250–$166,750
Pay not posted
$100,000–$190,000
Periodic LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
Defense UnicornsProduction engineering
Senior FDE Data Engineer (FedD140/FedD148)
Colorado Springs, CO · Cape Canaveral, FL · +2 more · US remoteColorado Springs, CO +3 · US remoteRemote
$148,750–$201,250
Pay not posted
$130,000–$165,000
$200,000–$400,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$350,000
$140,000–$225,000
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$230,000–$300,000
$140,000–$220,000
VapiProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$280,000
Pay not posted
Lila SciencesProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
Cambridge, MA
$192,000–$256,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
115 of 182 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $239,000, across 66 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 182 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 39 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 30 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (13), 6 to 9 years (4) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 182 postings come from 96 companies. The employers with the most postings are Istari Digital (16), Retell AI (9), Fluidstack (7), Liquid AI (5) and Antithesis (4).
Are FDE jobs remote?
29 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 41 are hybrid and 103 are on-site. The remaining 9 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 53 of the 182 postings.
Counted over the 182 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Browse jobs by location and work
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 688 jobs · 288 companies · 688
- New York metro · 599 jobs · 264 companies · 599
- Washington, DC area · 303 jobs · 75 companies · 303
- Seattle area · 153 jobs · 54 companies · 153
- Chicago · 136 jobs · 46 companies · 136
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 34 companies · 125
- Los Angeles · 123 jobs · 50 companies · 123
- Austin · 117 jobs · 52 companies · 117
- Boston area · 109 jobs · 46 companies · 109
- Atlanta · 90 jobs · 33 companies · 90
- Denver–Boulder · 77 jobs · 22 companies · 77
- Houston · 49 jobs · 16 companies · 49
- San Diego · 44 jobs · 12 companies · 44
- Raleigh–Durham · 43 jobs · 17 companies · 43
- Miami · 37 jobs · 12 companies · 37
- Philadelphia · 37 jobs · 11 companies · 37
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 37 jobs · 8 companies · 37
- Kansas City · 28 jobs · 5 companies · 28
- Phoenix · 23 jobs · 5 companies · 23
- Portland · 22 jobs · 5 companies · 22
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1083 jobs · 384 companies · 1083
- Internal deployment & tooling · 399 jobs · 253 companies · 399
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 209 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 163 jobs · 92 companies · 163
- Deployment team leadership · 104 jobs · 71 companies · 104
- Technical pre-sales · 43 jobs · 27 companies · 43
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 497 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 966 jobs · 398 companies · 966
- People manager · 103 jobs · 77 companies · 103
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 587 jobs · 122 companies · 587
- Later private · 546 jobs · 159 companies · 546
- Growth (Series B–C) · 349 jobs · 146 companies · 349
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 108 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 54 jobs · 27 companies · 54
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1678 jobs · 625 companies · 1678
- Configuration / integration · 260 jobs · 162 companies · 260
- Prototypes / scripts · 98 jobs · 62 companies · 98
- No coding · 66 jobs · 45 companies · 66
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2105 jobs · 709 companies · 2105
- Ongoing operations · 1629 jobs · 621 companies · 1629
- Proof of concept · 787 jobs · 335 companies · 787
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 606 jobs · 265 companies · 606
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1656 jobs · 525 companies · 1656
- Internal teams · 334 jobs · 223 companies · 334
- Both · 157 jobs · 106 companies · 157
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 448 jobs · 140 companies · 448