$175,100–$245,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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1,835 postings · 681 companies · median $195,000, half $163,000–$225,000
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Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$150,000–$220,000
$150,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$250,000
$190,000–$238,000
Capgemini Invent, Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +4 moreAtlanta, GA +5
$110,000–$137,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$166,900–$278,100
Forward Deployed Engineer, Kaggle, DeepMind (Fixed-Term Contract)
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$232,000
$170,000–$225,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$134,700–$202,200
Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
Austin, TX · San Francisco, CAAustin, TX +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
$201,300–$352,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$133,400–$226,800
$170,000–$210,000
$130,000–$250,000
$154,975–$192,553
$190,000–$210,000
$199,000–$325,000
$160,000–$240,000
$105,400–$207,800
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$125,500–$261,600
$160,000–$220,000
$95,000–$155,000
$105,400–$207,800
Up to $150,000
$160,000–$265,000
$180,000–$250,000
$120,000–$210,000
$180,000–$240,000
$200,000–$240,000
$111,000–$180,000
$220,000–$280,000
$160,000–$225,000
$150,000–$220,000
Up to $185,000
$232,900–$291,100
1,217 of 1,835 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,835 of 1,835 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 681 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,835 postings, 1,063 state a minimum number of years, from 468 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 551 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (320), under 3 years (116) or 10 or more years (76).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,835 postings come from 681 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (68), Amazon (incl AWS) (62), Palantir (57) and OpenAI (41).
Are FDE jobs remote?
311 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 471 are hybrid and 458 are on-site. The remaining 595 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 929 of the 1,835 postings.
Counted over the 1,835 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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