Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept with significant travel
125 postings · 28 companies · 109 state pay: median $216,000, half $200,000–$243,000
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$185,000–$300,000
$145,000–$250,000
$134,500–$265,100
$160,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cybersecurity - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$122,209.58–$211,317.81
$105,400–$207,800
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$105,400–$207,800
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$300,000
$189,000–$330,000
$155,600–$306,800
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Chicago, IL · Columbus, OH · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Hybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, BankingSuite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$266,100
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$300,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$160,000–$270,000
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
$153,000–$325,000
Pay not posted
$155,600–$306,800
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
$153,000–$325,000
$134,500–$265,100
$185,000–$325,000
$134,500–$265,100
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$134,500–$265,100
$134,500–$265,100
85 of 125 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept with significant travel pay?
109 of 125 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $200,000 and $243,000, from 19 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept with significant travel require?
Of 125 postings, 90 state a minimum number of years, from 20 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 53 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (28), 10 or more years (8) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept with significant travel?
These 125 postings come from 28 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (62), OpenAI (17), Databricks (5), Anduril (4) and Scale AI (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept with significant travel remote?
19 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 31 are hybrid and 3 are on-site. The remaining 72 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 125 of the 125 postings.
Counted over the 125 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings