$220,000–$292,000
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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$125,000–$195,000
Gallatin AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Engineer, Internal Systems
El Segundo, CAOn-site
$80,000–$210,000
$200,000–$238,000
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Arsenal 2)
Santa Ana, CA
$191,000–$254,000
$130,000–$196,000
$125,000–$175,000
$106,200–$182,983
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Software (ArsenalOS Deployment)
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$290,000
$115,000–$173,000
$112,200–$190,700
CrunchyrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Solutions Engineer, AI Enablement
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$183,400–$229,200
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (ArsenalOS Deployment)
Santa Ana, CA
$191,000–$253,000
Relativity SpaceBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$154,000–$230,000
True AnomalyBuilds for teams inside the company
Platform Engineer, AI (Levels I, II, III)
Long Beach, CA · Denver, COLong Beach, CA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$235,000
Faraday FutureBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer
El Segundo, CA
$130,000–$150,000
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Product Engineer, Data
Costa Mesa, CA · Ashville, OH · +3 moreCosta Mesa, CA +4
$183,000–$243,000
Relativity SpaceBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CAOn-site
$154,000–$230,000
True AnomalyBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Platform Engineer, AI
Long Beach, CA · Denver, COLong Beach, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$285,000
$170,000–$200,000
$220,000–$292,000
$100,000–$200,000
True AnomalyBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Platform Engineer, AI
Long Beach, CA · Denver, COLong Beach, CA +1Hybrid
$225,000–$325,000
$161,000–$212,000
Scale AIProves it works before the sale
Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$203,200–$254,000
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 39 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (33), 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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