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Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US

1,169 postings · 505 companies · median $200,000, half $168,000–$228,000

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EverlawBuilds for teams inside the company

GTM AI Engineer

Oakland, CAHybrid

$154,000–$213,000

SCANBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Staff Engineer

Long Beach, CAHybrid

$106,200–$182,983

641 of 1,169 build what the customer runs.

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

1,169 of 1,169 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $228,000, from 505 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,169 postings, 758 state a minimum number of years, from 369 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 350 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (302), 10 or more years (65) or under 3 years (41).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,169 postings come from 505 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (67), Deloitte US (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (39), Accenture (22) and OpenAI (22).

Are FDE jobs remote?

213 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 316 are hybrid and 209 are on-site. The remaining 431 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 539 of the 1,169 postings.

Counted over the 1,169 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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