Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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434 postings · 234 companies · median $215,000, half $184,000–$245,000
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Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
San Francisco, CA · Frisco, TX · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
$150,000–$200,000
$180,000–$220,000
$195,000–$225,000
$207,000–$300,000
Staff Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$240,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$237,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreMountain View, CA +3
$152,000–$221,000
Senior Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$260,000
$197,800–$271,975
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$300,000
$240,000–$415,000
$208,600–$312,900
$200,000–$287,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$130,000–$210,000
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$184,000–$356,500
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$191,475–$260,830
$200,000–$375,000
$130,600–$147,000
$120,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$140,000–$180,000
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
$136,000–$155,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$136,000–$216,000
All 434 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
434 of 434 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $245,000, from 234 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 434 postings, 244 state a minimum number of years, from 135 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 137 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (55), under 3 years (35) or 10 or more years (17).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 434 postings come from 234 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (21), OpenAI (18), Accenture (15), Google (15) and Sierra (11).
Are FDE jobs remote?
40 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 127 are hybrid and 139 are on-site. The remaining 128 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 184 of the 434 postings.
Counted over the 434 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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