$140,000–$300,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
1,200 postings · 492 companies · median $200,000, half $170,000–$230,000
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$182,000–$250,208
$145,000–$175,000
$175,000–$265,000
$160,000–$270,000
$182,000–$250,208
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Remote
$137,000–$207,000
$175,000–$290,000
$160,000–$270,000
$182,000–$250,208
$170,000–$200,000
$200,000–$225,000
$160,000–$270,000
$182,000–$250,208
$160,000–$300,000
$150,000–$175,000
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$120,000–$300,000
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
$210,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$145,000–$175,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$160,000
$220,000–$240,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$200,000
$100,000–$200,000
$160,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$120,000–$170,000
$165,000–$330,000
$135,000–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,200 of 1,200 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $230,000, from 492 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,200 postings, 789 state a minimum number of years, from 361 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 365 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (314), 10 or more years (69) or under 3 years (41).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,200 postings come from 492 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?
204 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 314 are hybrid and 211 are on-site. The remaining 471 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 581 of the 1,200 postings.
Counted over the 1,200 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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