AccentureProduction engineering
AI - Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE Senior Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$112,900–$366,300
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SalesforceProduction engineering
Missionforce - Senior/Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Public Sector
Herndon, VARemote
$148,500–$365,200
SitrepsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Logistics Programs
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$155,000–$225,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$120,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$54,400–$235,100
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$80,400–$305,000
$180,000–$245,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Databricks
Arlington, VA · Washington, DCArlington, VA +1
$100,200–$243,100
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Edge Autonomous Systems
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$70,500–$203,400
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +6 moreJersey City, NJ +7
$153,600–$239,000
$191,000–$253,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer
Arlington, VA · Mclean, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$77,600–$176,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Honolulu, HI · +1 moreDenver, CO +2
$235,200–$294,000
$160,000–$205,000
$211,000–$302,000
$77,600–$176,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Agentic Identity Security Consultant
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$54,400–$205,800
$90,786–$120,673
EYProduction engineering
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - AI/ML Engineer - Sr Associate/Consultant
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +12 moreNew York, NY +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
$159,100–$265,100
AccentureProduction engineering
Senior Agentic Identity Security Manager
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$80,400–$293,800
$112,800–$257,000
EYProduction engineering
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +12 moreNew York, NY +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
$131,000–$218,300
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Software Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$80,400–$316,300
$99,000–$225,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
267 of 274 postings state a pay range. The median is $181,000, and half of them sit between $151,000 and $210,000, across 56 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 274 postings, 87 state a minimum number of years, from 35 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 43 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (30), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (7).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 274 postings come from 56 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (56), Accenture (30), Palantir (25), Booz Allen (21) and Anduril (14).
Are FDE jobs remote?
19 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 43 are hybrid and 49 are on-site. The remaining 163 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 159 of the 274 postings.
Counted over the 274 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- SF Bay Area · 694 jobs · 289 companies · 694
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- Seattle area · 152 jobs · 52 companies · 152
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
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- Production engineering · 1093 jobs · 386 companies · 1093
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- Individual contributor · 1091 jobs · 495 companies · 1091
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- People manager · 108 jobs · 80 companies · 108
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 676 jobs · 143 companies · 676
- Growth (Series B–C) · 354 jobs · 160 companies · 354
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
- Subsidiary · 73 jobs · 38 companies · 73
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1722 jobs · 639 companies · 1722
- Configuration / integration · 262 jobs · 161 companies · 262
- Prototypes / scripts · 99 jobs · 62 companies · 99
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2151 jobs · 722 companies · 2151
- Ongoing operations · 1670 jobs · 632 companies · 1670
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1689 jobs · 531 companies · 1689
- Internal teams · 344 jobs · 230 companies · 344
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461