$175,000–$220,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
973 postings · 433 companies · median $200,000, half $163,000–$231,000
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Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
$134,500–$265,100
$222,000–$290,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$54,400–$235,100
$134,500–$265,100
$185,000–$300,000
$180,000–$320,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$316,300
$134,500–$265,100
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$168,100–$261,500
$185,000–$300,000
$119,800–$261,000
$134,500–$265,100
$180,000–$300,000
$100,000–$160,000
$147,700–$215,000
$134,500–$265,100
$200,000–$240,000
$200,000–$400,000
$91,000–$110,000
$134,500–$265,100
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3
$118,400–$219,800
$215,000–$275,000
$167,000–$196,000
$189,200–$372,900
Software Engineer - AI – CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +3 moreFrisco, TX +4Hybrid
$94,900–$203,000
$250,000–$280,000
$182,000–$250,208
$189,200–$372,900
$130,000–$275,000
$165,000–$185,000
$160,000–$300,000
$91,100–$175,100
$150,000–$200,000
$185,000–$230,000
$160,000–$300,000
$134,500–$265,100
$100,000–$140,000
545 of 973 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
973 of 973 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $231,000, from 433 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 973 postings, 590 state a minimum number of years, from 296 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 294 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (189), under 3 years (57) or 10 or more years (50).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 973 postings come from 433 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (112), Accenture (31), OpenAI (30), Amazon (incl AWS) (24) and Google (17).
Are FDE jobs remote?
163 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 235 are hybrid and 192 are on-site. The remaining 383 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 446 of the 973 postings.
Counted over the 973 postings in this search. Postings read on October 25, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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