$145,000–$200,000
FDE jobs across the US
1,337 postings · 390 companies · 1,318 state pay: median $200,000, half $162,000–$230,000
Postings read on
All filters
Counts show jobs matching each option and your other filters. Select several options to match any of them.
Location
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
Arrangement
Type of work
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
Posted
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
Individual contributor or manager
Company stage
Coding work
Project stages
Implementation share
Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.
Who you build forExternal customers
Visa sponsorship
Company size
Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.
1,337 jobs match
Location
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
1,337 jobs match
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
1,337 jobs match
Arrangement
1,337 jobs match
Type of work
1,337 jobs match
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
1,337 jobs match
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
1,337 jobs match
Posted
1,337 jobs match
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
1,337 jobs match
External customers
1,337 jobs match
$90,000–$110,000
$140,000–$200,000
$130,000–$230,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$225,000
AfreshLeads the deployment team
Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$203,745–$275,655
$300,000–$360,000
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5
$152,000–$221,000
$180,000–$250,000
AntithesisIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
SG$150,000–SG$225,000
$210,000–$300,000
GoogleLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$262,000–$364,000
$180,000–$250,000
$110,800–$177,300
$90,000–$160,000
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
Deloitte USIntegrates and configures it
Cyber Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Consultant
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
$110,800–$177,300
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$184,900–$287,700
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$180,000–$320,000
$138,000–$230,000
SalesforceIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Data 360
New York, NY · Chicago, IL · +9 moreNew York, NY +10
$88,970–$316,750
DatadogIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Feature Flags
New York, NYHybrid
$192,000–$240,000
Pure StorageIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx
Santa Clara, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSanta Clara, CA +2On-site
$208,000–$305,000
CoreWeaveIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Agents
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA +1
$182,000–$242,000
$150,000–$170,000
Dell TechnologiesIntegrates and configures it
Advisory AI Architect (FDE Unit)
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1Remote
$286,450–$370,700
$160,000–$200,000
IntercomIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$237,000
$135,000–$160,000
$300,000–$500,000
EudiaPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Engineer - Eudia for Government
Washington, DCRemote
$160,000–$200,000
Revantage Corporate ServicesBuilds for teams inside the company
AVP, Forward Deployed Engineer
Dallas, TX · Chicago, ILDallas, TX +1Hybrid
$127,000–$170,000
$300,000–$450,000
AntithesisIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
Vienna, VA · San Francisco, CAVienna, VA +1On-site
$110,000–$170,000
Second Front SystemsIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Implementation Focus
USRemote
$160,000–$190,000
$150,000–$210,000
806 of 1,337 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,318 of 1,337 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $230,000, from 386 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,337 postings, 561 state a minimum number of years, from 220 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 263 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (195), under 3 years (57) or 10 or more years (46).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,337 postings come from 390 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (58), Palantir (48) and Accenture (41).
Are FDE jobs remote?
211 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 324 are hybrid and 285 are on-site. The remaining 517 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 660 of the 1,337 postings.
Counted over the 1,337 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · How we read postings