$77,000–$202,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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145 postings · 61 companies · median $191,000, half $160,000–$222,000
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$170,000–$200,000
Senior Software / Data Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CALos Angeles, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$210,000
Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreLos Angeles, CA +41
$54,400–$196,000
Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services
Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreIrvine, CA +2On-site
$168,100–$227,400
Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 moreCosta Mesa, CA +3
$191,000–$254,000
$150,000–$300,000
Enterprise AI Transformation Manager
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreLos Angeles, CA +41
$80,400–$266,300
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - AI/ML Engineer - Sr Associate/Consultant
Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +12 moreLos Angeles, CA +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 moreCosta Mesa, CA +3
$167,000–$222,000
$179,500–$203,500
Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CA · +39 moreLos Angeles, CA +40
$54,400–$205,800
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant
Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +12 moreLos Angeles, CA +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
$99,000–$225,000
$179,875–$203,925
$130,000–$174,000
$125,000–$175,000
Senior Software Engineer, Discovery
Costa Mesa, CA · Huntsville, AL · +4 moreCosta Mesa, CA +5
$191,000–$292,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist
Los Angeles, CA · Albany, NY · +39 moreLos Angeles, CA +40
$54,400–$196,000
Senior Applied AI Engineer/Architect
Los Angeles, CA · Boston, MA · +7 moreLos Angeles, CA +8
$225,000–$304,200
$100,000–$135,000
$191,000–$253,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Albany, NY · +39 moreLos Angeles, CA +40
$80,400–$266,300
$170,000–$270,000
$125,000–$175,000
$191,000–$253,000
$87,400–$293,800
$200,000–$400,000
Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)
Los Angeles, CA · Boston, MA · +7 moreLos Angeles, CA +8
$152,200–$205,900
$166,000–$220,000
$130,000–$230,000
$200,000–$400,000
Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)
El Segundo, CA · Colorado Springs, CO · +1 moreEl Segundo, CA +2Hybrid
$143,824–$179,780
$220,000–$292,000
$191,000–$254,000
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer III, Forward Deployed Engineering
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +6 moreLos Angeles, CA +7
$183,000–$265,000
HadrianLeads the deployment team
Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Torrance, CAOn-site
$300,000–$415,000
Sony Pictures EntertainmentBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Culver City, CA
$195,000–$270,000
CrunchyrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Enablement
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$183,400–$229,200
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer II, Forward Deployed Engineering
Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +6 moreLos Angeles, CA +7
$152,000–$221,000
75 of 145 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
145 of 145 postings state a pay range. The median is $191,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $222,000, from 61 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 145 postings, 85 state a minimum number of years, from 42 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 38 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (34), under 3 years (9) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 145 postings come from 61 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anduril (20), Accenture (19), Sia (7), SpaceX (5) and First Resonance (4).
Are FDE jobs remote?
6 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 39 are hybrid and 30 are on-site. The remaining 70 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 66 of the 145 postings.
Counted over the 145 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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