$152,000–$241,500
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
1,211 postings · 501 companies · median $200,000, half $170,000–$230,000
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Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +7 moreBoston, MA +8
$152,200–$205,900
$140,000–$180,000
$200,000–$250,000
$200,000–$320,000
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Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)
Colorado Springs, CO · Aurora, CO · +1 moreColorado Springs, CO +2Hybrid
$143,824–$179,780
$143,824–$179,780
Morgan StanleyBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer - Vice President
New York, NY
$155,000–$215,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Lead/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Vice President
New York, NY
$176,720–$265,080
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer II, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +6 moreNew York, NY +7
$152,000–$221,000
$194,600–$272,400
BarclaysBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Whippany, NJ · New York, NYWhippany, NJ +1
$235,000–$285,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Vice President
New York, NY
$142,320–$213,480
CitigroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Vice President
New York, NY
$176,720–$265,080
673 of 1,211 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,211 of 1,211 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $230,000, from 501 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,211 postings, 796 state a minimum number of years, from 366 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 367 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (319), 10 or more years (69) or under 3 years (41).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,211 postings come from 501 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (114), Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (39), Accenture (22) and OpenAI (22).
Are FDE jobs remote?
210 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 316 are hybrid and 209 are on-site. The remaining 476 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 583 of the 1,211 postings.
Counted over the 1,211 postings in this search. Postings read on October 25, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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