$185,000–$300,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers
523 postings · 161 companies · 443 state pay: median $216,000, half $183,000–$235,000
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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$136,948–$167,380
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$195,000–$225,000
$114,000–$192,000
$160,000–$213,300
$185,000–$300,000
$240,000–$415,000
$200,000–$250,000
$180,000–$237,000
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - DC Metro
Mclean, VAHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
$185,000–$300,000
$160,000–$180,000
$165,000–$220,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - Chicago
Chicago, ILHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
$280,000–$320,000
$145,000–$250,000
$130,600–$147,000
$134,500–$265,100
$160,000–$180,000
$145,000–$250,000
$150,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$170,000–$200,000
$145,000–$210,000
$150,000–$300,000
$168,000–$285,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 moreChicago, IL +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
$145,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$157,500–$185,000
$225,000–$270,000
$145,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$200,000
$180,000–$255,000
375 of 523 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay?
443 of 523 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $235,000, from 121 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers require?
Of 523 postings, 317 state a minimum number of years, from 117 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 182 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (110), under 3 years (17) or 10 or more years (8).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers?
These 523 postings come from 161 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (66), Deloitte US (65), OpenAI (34), Anduril (27) and Scale AI (16).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote?
98 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 123 are hybrid and 90 are on-site. The remaining 212 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 325 of the 523 postings.
Counted over the 523 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings