Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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1,338 postings · 559 companies · median $200,000, half $163,000–$225,000
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$175,000–$265,000
$165,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense
Costa Mesa, CA · Washington, DCCosta Mesa, CA +1
$191,000–$254,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$225,000
$155,000–$186,000
$190,000–$250,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$112,900–$366,300
$200,000–$275,000
$180,000–$300,000
$150,000–$190,000
$213,000–$314,000
$135,000–$200,000
$175,000–$250,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$155,600–$306,800
$221,000–$275,000
$155,000–$175,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$82,082–$193,440
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
$270,400–$401,600
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +10 moreBoston, MA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$175,000–$250,000
Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 moreFrisco, TX +2Hybrid
$137,100–$254,700
$88,544–$207,401
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$262,000–$364,000
$72,600–$132,100
$156,000–$186,000
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, BankingSuite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$266,100
$140,000–$180,000
$137,160–$228,480
$124,646–$168,272
$200,000–$250,000
$143,640–$273,000
$158,520–$294,360
$97,860–$316,750
$70,500–$203,400
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$300,000
All 1,338 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,338 of 1,338 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 559 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,338 postings, 791 state a minimum number of years, from 368 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 412 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (249), under 3 years (84) or 10 or more years (46).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,338 postings come from 559 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (59), Deloitte US (57), Amazon (incl AWS) (42), Palantir (38) and Accenture (36).
Are FDE jobs remote?
232 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 340 are hybrid and 300 are on-site. The remaining 466 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 696 of the 1,338 postings.
Counted over the 1,338 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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