$190,000–$210,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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1,787 postings · 789 companies · median $193,000, half $162,000–$225,000
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$180,000–$264,000
$170,000–$250,000
$190,400–$285,600
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$220,000–$240,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$140,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
Senior Data Scientist (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$193,000–$250,000
$180,000–$400,000
$160,000–$300,000
$120,000–$200,000
$100,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$120,000–$170,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
$165,000–$330,000
$166,000–$253,000
$170,000–$280,000
$125,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$200,100–$270,600
$128,000–$220,000
$110,000–$145,000
$104,900–$194,700
$81,720–$161,760
$120,000–$150,000
Senior GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Nashville, TN · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$109,180–$197,175
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineer Manager - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +2 moreColumbus, OH +3Hybrid
$87,400–$253,000
$180,000–$200,000
$120,000–$150,000
Senior GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Nashville, TN · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$117,930–$223,591
$50–$55
$145,000–$180,000
$134,500–$265,100
Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Senior Associate
New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$77,000–$214,000
$80,400–$316,300
934 of 1,787 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,787 of 1,787 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, from 789 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,787 postings, 1,089 state a minimum number of years, from 569 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 555 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (333), under 3 years (119) or 10 or more years (82).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,787 postings come from 789 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (59), Palantir (50), Anduril (42), OpenAI (34) and Databricks (30).
Are FDE jobs remote?
318 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 476 are hybrid and 432 are on-site. The remaining 561 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 750 of the 1,787 postings.
Counted over the 1,787 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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