$99,000–$206,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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1,767 postings · 788 companies · median $193,000, half $162,000–$225,000
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$95,000–$115,000
$200,000–$350,000
$82,100–$172,400
$128,400–$192,500
$135,000–$175,000
$110,700–$372,900
$150,000–$220,000
Forward Deployment Agentic Engineer
San Antonio, TX · Beavercreek, OH · +4 moreSan Antonio, TX +5
$70,000–$116,000
$185,000–$220,000
$130,000–$150,000
$121,375–$132,190
$190,000–$325,000
$90,000–$125,000
$180,000–$240,000
$197,300–$394,600
$220,000–$260,000
$207,000–$265,000
MTS, Post-Training (Enterprise)
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$350,000
$148,750–$201,250
$166,500–$291,400
$99,000–$225,000
Forward Deployment Engineer LMTS
San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$172,500–$285,800
$148,750–$201,250
Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 moreCosta Mesa, CA +3
$191,000–$254,000
$99,000–$225,000
$180,000–$390,000
$112,200–$196,400
$180,000–$240,000
$200,000–$265,000
$180,000–$390,000
$125,100–$225,200
$250,000–$300,000
$120,000–$170,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$240,000
Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 moreCosta Mesa, CA +3
$167,000–$222,000
$130,000–$150,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$240,000
928 of 1,767 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,767 of 1,767 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, from 788 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,767 postings, 1,079 state a minimum number of years, from 567 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 551 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (329), under 3 years (118) or 10 or more years (81).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,767 postings come from 788 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (59), Palantir (44), Anduril (41), OpenAI (34) and Databricks (30).
Are FDE jobs remote?
314 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 473 are hybrid and 422 are on-site. The remaining 558 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 738 of the 1,767 postings.
Counted over the 1,767 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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