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FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept
341 postings · 122 companies · 305 state pay: median $185,000, half $154,000–$215,000
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$70,500–$203,400
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +9 moreSeattle, WA +10
$207,000–$300,000
$215,100–$384,400
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$119,800–$261,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Healthcare Transformation
New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 moreNew York, NY +9
$215,100–$384,400
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$80,400–$316,300
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3
$118,400–$219,800
$180,000–$230,000
$70,500–$203,400
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
Mclean, VA · Chicago, IL · +8 moreMclean, VA +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
$180,000–$230,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
Fidelity National Information Services
Forward Deployed Engineer
Jacksonville, FL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreJacksonville, FL +3Remote
$179,470–$305,100
$180,000–$230,000
$54,400–$235,100
$168,100–$261,500
$179,500–$224,300
$180,000–$230,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$316,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$159,200–$301,600
$100,200–$243,100
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$120,000–$158,000
$179,500–$224,300
$200,000–$270,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$220,000–$239,000
$112,700–$183,900
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
169 of 341 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept pay?
305 of 341 postings state a pay range. The median is $185,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $215,000, from 101 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept require?
Of 341 postings, 209 state a minimum number of years, from 102 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 94 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (71), 10 or more years (25) or under 3 years (19).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept?
These 341 postings come from 122 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (31), Amazon (incl AWS) (31), SpaceX (19), Google (14) and Capgemini (12).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept remote?
44 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 63 are hybrid and 42 are on-site. The remaining 192 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 123 of the 341 postings.
Counted over the 341 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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