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Forward Deployed Engineer
Jacksonville, FL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreJacksonville, FL +3Remote
$179,470–$305,100
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
946 postings · 449 companies · median $198,000, half $162,000–$231,000
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$156,060–$211,140
$155,600–$306,800
$120,000–$220,000
$300,000–$350,000
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$155,600–$306,800
$179,500–$224,300
$140,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$155,600–$306,800
$175,000–$350,000
$100,200–$243,100
$160,000–$200,000
$155,600–$306,800
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$159,200–$301,600
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$100,000–$190,000
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$120,000–$158,000
$179,500–$224,300
$136,000–$216,000
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$131,100–$211,400
$130,000–$215,000
$200,000–$270,000
$140,000–$200,000
$200,000–$400,000
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$100,000–$150,000
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$220,000–$239,000
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
$120,000–$220,000
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
523 of 946 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
946 of 946 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $231,000, from 449 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 946 postings, 563 state a minimum number of years, from 310 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 282 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (176), under 3 years (59) or 10 or more years (46).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 946 postings come from 449 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?
169 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 240 are hybrid and 192 are on-site. The remaining 345 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 400 of the 946 postings.
Counted over the 946 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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