$120,000–$200,000
FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers
672 postings · 181 companies · 560 state pay: median $216,000, half $183,000–$243,000
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$180,000–$255,000
$145,000–$250,000
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Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$122,209.58–$211,317.81
$175,100–$245,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$238,000
$145,000–$250,000
$166,900–$278,100
Pay not posted
$105,400–$207,800
Pay not posted
$134,700–$202,200
Pay not posted
$105,400–$207,800
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$125,500–$261,600
Pay not posted
$180,000–$225,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cybersecurity - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$106,900–$176,500
Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
Pay not posted
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
$200,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$155,600–$306,800
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +10 moreBoston, MA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$156,000–$186,000
$137,160–$228,480
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, BankingSuite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$266,100
$124,646–$168,272
$200,000–$250,000
$158,520–$294,360
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$300,000
$220,000–$245,000
461 of 672 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay?
560 of 672 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $243,000, from 136 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers require?
Of 672 postings, 417 state a minimum number of years, from 135 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 212 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (145), 10 or more years (31) or under 3 years (29).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers?
These 672 postings come from 181 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (77), Databricks (68), OpenAI (41), Anduril (30) and Scale AI (21).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote?
129 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 162 are hybrid and 120 are on-site. The remaining 261 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 392 of the 672 postings.
Counted over the 672 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