$182,000–$250,208
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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300 postings · 184 companies · median $175,000, half $153,000–$205,000
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$180,000–$230,000
$180,000–$250,000
$180,000–$280,000
$125,000–$200,000
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Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$185,000–$235,000
Salesforce Forward Deployed Engineer Lead (Agentforce)
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreNew York, NY +40
$62,800–$218,800
$86,129–$127,189
$118,000–$218,000
$80,000–$110,000 · OTE
$150,000–$240,000
$89,400–$166,398
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
$130,000–$170,000
$118,079–$216,482
$115,000–$135,000
$90,000–$120,000
$120,000–$135,000
$123,991–$216,482
$115,000–$135,000
Up to $145,000
$123,000–$156,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Manager
Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 moreChicago, IL +58Hybrid
$99,000–$232,000
$180,000–$202,000
$120,000–$158,000
$184,100–$306,800
$138,400–$207,600
$100,000–$130,000
$140,000–$175,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$144,000–$374,000
$138,400–$207,600
$100,000–$130,000
$123,000–$156,000
$115,520–$198,360
$152,200–$228,400
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$62,800–$218,800
$140,000–$195,000
$220,000–$315,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
300 of 300 postings state a pay range. The median is $175,000, and half of them sit between $153,000 and $205,000, from 184 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 300 postings, 169 state a minimum number of years, from 122 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 86 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (44), under 3 years (23) or 10 or more years (16).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 300 postings come from 184 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (25), NVIDIA (9), LangChain (5), Palantir (5) and Capgemini (4).
Are FDE jobs remote?
68 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 72 are hybrid and 66 are on-site. The remaining 94 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 118 of the 300 postings.
Counted over the 300 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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