PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Edge Autonomous Systems
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
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PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Seattle, WAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
San Diego, CAOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$125,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - France
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
Honolulu, HIOn-site
Pay not posted
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Engineer, Senior
Wahiawa, HI
$99,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$70,500–$203,400
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +6 moreJersey City, NJ +7
$153,600–$239,000
$102,100–$202,200
$120,000–$136,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer
Arlington, VA · Mclean, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$77,600–$176,000
$87,465–$117,600
Pay not posted
$46,700–$162,000
$77,600–$176,000
$118,000–$176,000
$183,000–$265,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Agentic Identity Security Consultant
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$54,400–$205,800
$99,000–$225,000
MetaProduction engineering
Business Engineer, Business Agents
Menlo Park, CA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreMenlo Park, CA +3
$149,000–$210,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Senior Agent Engineer, Google Cloud, Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WASunnyvale, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Software Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$80,400–$316,300
$99,000–$225,000
$149,000–$210,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Staff Applied AI Agent Developer
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$207,000–$300,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer,
San Francisco, CA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreSan Francisco, CA +40
$54,400–$205,800
$112,800–$257,000
MetaProduction engineering
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$130,000–$185,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
350 of 397 postings state a pay range. The median is $168,000, and half of them sit between $142,000 and $207,000, across 77 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 397 postings, 44 state a minimum number of years, from 21 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 28 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (16).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 397 postings come from 87 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (68), Amazon (incl AWS) (52), Booz Allen (34), Accenture (30) and Google (19).
Are FDE jobs remote?
53 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 75 are hybrid and 60 are on-site. The remaining 209 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 147 of the 397 postings.
Counted over the 397 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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