$195,000–$225,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies serving external customers
255 postings · 115 companies · 195 state pay: median $203,000, half $160,000–$236,000
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$114,000–$192,000
$160,000–$213,300
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - DC Metro
Mclean, VAHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
$165,000–$220,000
$280,000–$320,000
$180,000–$237,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - Chicago
Chicago, ILHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
$145,000–$250,000
$130,600–$147,000
$160,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$145,000–$250,000
$150,000–$180,000
$150,000–$300,000
$168,000–$285,000
$146,000–$253,000
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$157,500–$185,000
$225,000–$270,000
$145,000–$210,000
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$120,000–$200,000
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$145,000–$250,000
$175,100–$245,000
$190,000–$238,000
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$145,000–$250,000
$134,700–$202,200
Pay not posted
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$122,209.58–$211,317.81
$180,000–$225,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$106,900–$176,500
Pay not posted
$145,000–$250,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense
Costa Mesa, CA · Washington, DCCosta Mesa, CA +1
$191,000–$254,000
Pay not posted
198 of 255 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay?
195 of 255 postings state a pay range. The median is $203,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $236,000, from 84 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies serving external customers require?
Of 255 postings, 129 state a minimum number of years, from 69 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 84 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (22), under 3 years (21) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies serving external customers?
These 255 postings come from 115 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anduril (20), Agile Defense (14), OpenAI (13), LMI (12) and Scale AI (9).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote?
59 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 53 are hybrid and 68 are on-site. The remaining 75 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 131 of the 255 postings.
Counted over the 255 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings