DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
416 postings from 142 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
AndurilImplementation & delivery
Broomfield, CO · Fort Collins, COBroomfield, CO +1
$126,000–$167,000
$200,000–$250,000
$179,982–$224,978
ChainguardImplementation & delivery
USRemote
Up to $195,000
$158,000
LambdaImplementation & delivery
San Francisco, CA · San Jose, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$214,000–$285,000
$224,700–$337,100
$179,982–$224,978
EliseAIDeployment strategy
New York, NYOn-site
$160,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$132,600–$174,037
$205,000–$268,000
Pay not posted
EliseAIImplementation & delivery
New York, NYOn-site
$190,000–$250,000
$132,600–$174,037
$146,000–$194,000
$170,000–$250,000
$120,000–$140,000
$135,000–$193,600
$208,000–$260,000
$126,000–$149,000
$90,000–$110,000
$200,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$190,000
GuidePoint SecurityImplementation & delivery
USRemote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
EliseAIImplementation & delivery
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$213,512–$223,512
PostmanImplementation & delivery
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$150,000–$200,000
$105,000–$170,000
$115,000–$135,000
$175,000–$190,000
BenchlingInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$195,000–$265,000
TaniumInternal deployment & tooling
Addison, TX · Bellevue, WA · +3 moreAddison, TX +4Hybrid
$154,000–$200,000
$115,000–$168,000
CrusoeInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$215,000–$260,000
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
348 of 416 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $188,000 and $238,000, across 107 companies.
Of 416 postings, 187 state a minimum number of years, from 89 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 88 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (77), under 3 years (14) or 10 or more years (8).
These 416 postings come from 142 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (62), Anduril (36), OpenAI (28), Scale AI (18) and SpaceX (11).
88 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 109 are hybrid and 77 are on-site. The remaining 142 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 186 of the 416 postings.
Counted over the 416 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.