Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
FDE jobs · Builds what the customer runs
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1,336 postings · 558 companies · median $200,000 · middle half $165,000–$226,000 · read
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Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$120,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$180,000–$264,000
$182,000–$250,208
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CACambridge, MA +1
$192,000–$256,000
$190,000–$210,000
$135,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$240,000
$170,000–$250,000
$190,400–$285,600
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$120,000–$200,000
$220,000–$240,000
$182,000–$250,208
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$140,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
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
$182,000–$250,208
$120,000–$200,000
$100,000–$200,000
$170,000–$210,000
$182,000–$250,208
$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
$135,000–$200,000
$166,000–$253,000
$170,000–$280,000
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,336 of 1,336 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $226,000, from 558 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,336 postings, 778 state a minimum number of years, from 365 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 403 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (248), under 3 years (81) or 10 or more years (46).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,336 postings come from 558 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (59), Deloitte US (57), Amazon (incl AWS) (42), Palantir (38) and Accenture (36).
Are FDE jobs remote?
226 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 341 are hybrid and 297 are on-site. The remaining 472 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 685 of the 1,336 postings.
Counted over the 1,336 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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