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Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US

956 postings · 453 companies · median $197,000, half $161,000–$231,000

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SCANBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Staff Engineer

Long Beach, CAHybrid

$106,200–$182,983

PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company

Lead AI Engineer

Denver, CO · San Francisco, CA · +3 moreDenver, CO +4On-site

$147,000–$202,000

WaymoBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Enablement Lead

Mountain View, CAHybrid

$200,000–$247,000

534 of 956 build what the customer runs.

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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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