Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at public companies
287 postings · 86 companies · 256 state pay: median $162,000, half $140,000–$186,000
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Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 moreFrisco, TX +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$143,700–$213,800
$77,600–$176,000
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
$115,000–$192,900
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
Up to $180,000
$207,000–$300,000
$120,400–$234,700
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
Up to $145,000
$174,000–$252,000
$62,000–$141,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Dallas, TX · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$101.14–$182,624
$135,000–$200,000
$207,000–$300,000
$77,600–$176,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Dallas, TX · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$89,400–$166,398
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreBoston, MA +3
$143,700–$213,800
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreMountain View, CA +3
$152,000–$221,000
$135,000–$200,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Dallas, TX · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$76,730–$150,800
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineer - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +3 moreColumbus, OH +4Hybrid
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer, State and Local Government, Google Public Sector
New York, NY · Reston, VANew York, NY +1
$207,000–$300,000
$162,000–$207,000
$88,544–$207,401
$70,500–$203,400
Forward Deployed Engineer, Kaggle, DeepMind (Fixed-Term Contract)
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$232,000
Pay not posted
$119,800–$261,000
$54,400–$235,100
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Austin, TX · +8 moreNew York, NY +9
$174,000–$252,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +9 moreAtlanta, GA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$230,000–$316,250
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$316,300
$160,000–$220,000
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3
$118,400–$219,800
$180,000–$230,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer
Jacksonville, FL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreJacksonville, FL +3Remote
$179,470–$305,100
150 of 287 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at public companies pay?
256 of 287 postings state a pay range. The median is $162,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $186,000, from 69 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at public companies require?
Of 287 postings, 117 state a minimum number of years, from 62 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 64 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (31), under 3 years (13) or 10 or more years (9).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at public companies?
These 287 postings come from 86 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (57), Amazon (incl AWS) (28), Booz Allen (19), Accenture (17) and SpaceX (16).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at public companies remote?
25 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 48 are hybrid and 62 are on-site. The remaining 152 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 104 of the 287 postings.
Counted over the 287 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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