$183,997–$257,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
212 postings · 137 companies · median $192,000, half $155,000–$236,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$145,000–$165,000
Applied Research - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
$152,152–$205,405
$168,100–$261,500
$152,000–$221,000
$140,000–$220,000
$195,360–$362,760
Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
$120,000–$150,000
$120,000–$150,000
$172,500–$260,100
$215,100–$384,400
$140,000–$170,000
AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE), U.S. Public Sector (Federal Focus)
Washington, DCRemote
$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$230,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Healthcare Transformation
New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 moreNew York, NY +9
$215,100–$384,400
$91,000–$110,000
Senior Software Engineer, Legal — CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3Hybrid
$94,900–$203,000
$150,000–$180,000
$170,000–$230,000
$167,000–$196,000
$100,000–$180,000
$120,000–$220,000
$182,000–$250,208
$148,000–$255,000
$179,500–$224,300
$120,000–$220,000
$140,000–$300,000
$120,000–$160,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CACambridge, MA +1
$192,000–$256,000
$120,000–$220,000
$50–$55
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$200,100–$297,700
$184,000–$356,500
$130,420–$215,300
$144,500–$195,500
$171,900–$300,800
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
85 of 212 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
212 of 212 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $155,000 and $236,000, from 137 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 212 postings, 113 state a minimum number of years, from 90 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 45 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (41), under 3 years (16) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 212 postings come from 137 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (14), Amazon (incl AWS) (9), NVIDIA (6), Google (5) and Databricks (4).
Are FDE jobs remote?
39 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 56 are hybrid and 50 are on-site. The remaining 67 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 72 of the 212 postings.
Counted over the 212 postings in this search. Postings read on October 24, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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