$137,200–$206,600
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
956 postings · 453 companies · median $197,000, half $161,000–$231,000
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General Dynamics Mission SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Platform & Applications Engineer
Chantilly, VAHybrid
$132,930–$143,835
$180,000–$200,000
$165,000–$200,000
NVIDIABuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure Solutions
Santa Clara, CA
$152,000–$241,500
$130,000–$195,000
LinkedInBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Architect - SaaS GTM Tech & Analytics | IC4
San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$141,000–$231,000
$100,890–$150,000
$170,500–$220,000
$140,000–$175,000
$206,000–$283,500
$100,890–$150,000
$210,000–$305,000
$142,320–$213,480
$183,000–$283,500
$115,620–$158,983
$240,000–$390,000
$127,000–$180,600
AppleBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Technology Services
Sunnyvale, CA
$184,700–$277,600
$115,620–$158,983
Bristol Myers SquibbBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Manager, Research Intelligence Engineer
Princeton, NJ · Tampa, FL · +3 morePrinceton, NJ +4
$134,980–$179,920
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering)
Hawthorne, CAOn-site
$165,000–$265,000
$150,000–$180,000
$115,620–$158,983
$139,200–$235,200
$125,000–$195,000
Deloitte USBuilds for teams inside the company
GenAI Applied Scientist and Solution Engineer
Multiple US offices
$93,000–$191,000
PatchBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Market Intelligence
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$170,000–$220,000
$183,000–$243,000
DIRECTVBuilds for teams inside the company
System Engineer 2, Full Stack Applied AI, AdTech
New York, NYHybrid
$134,516–$201,653
Sony Interactive Entertainment GlobalBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer - AI & Agentic Architecture
Aliso Viejo, CAHybrid
$177,300–$265,900
$140,000–$155,000
SamsungBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior GenAI Engineer — AI Enablement & Agentic Systems-1
New York, NY
$170,000–$210,000
Gallatin AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Engineer, Internal Systems
El Segundo, CAOn-site
$80,000–$210,000
MendixLeads the deployment team
Intelligence Center X Engineering Manager - Americas
US · city not listedHybrid
$197,300–$394,600
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Solutions Engineer
US · city not listed
$150,000–$170,000
Thomson ReutersBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Forward Engineer
Eagan, MN · Frisco, TXEagan, MN +1Hybrid
$127,400–$236,600
$127,200–$254,400
MendixProves it works before the sale
Intelligence Center X Engineer - Americas
US · city not listedHybrid
$125,300–$334,400
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Sr TPM, Fwd Deployed Engineer , Business Innovation and AI
Nashville, TN · Bellevue, WANashville, TN +1
$141,300–$201,200
534 of 956 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
956 of 956 postings state a pay range. The median is $197,000, and half of them sit between $161,000 and $231,000, from 453 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 956 postings, 570 state a minimum number of years, from 314 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 285 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (178), under 3 years (60) or 10 or more years (47).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 956 postings come from 453 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (62), Accenture (31), OpenAI (30), Amazon (incl AWS) (24) and Google (17).
Are FDE jobs remote?
171 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 241 are hybrid and 192 are on-site. The remaining 352 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 406 of the 956 postings.
Counted over the 956 postings in this search. Postings read on October 26, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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