$158,000–$210,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at growth-stage companies
249 postings · 142 companies · 179 state pay: median $193,000, half $168,000–$218,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
Gallup, NM · San Francisco, CAGallup, NM +1On-site
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Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$155,000–$193,000
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149 of 249 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at growth-stage companies pay?
179 of 249 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $218,000, from 101 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at growth-stage companies require?
Of 249 postings, 133 state a minimum number of years, from 89 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 85 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (28) or 6 to 9 years (20).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at growth-stage companies?
These 249 postings come from 142 companies. The employers with the most postings are Striveworks (9), TRM Labs (8), LangChain (7), Pace (5) and Venn (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at growth-stage companies remote?
64 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 80 are hybrid and 79 are on-site. The remaining 26 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 104 of the 249 postings.
Counted over the 249 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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