GoogleProduction engineering
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$207,000–$300,000
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AccentureProduction engineering
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
SecurityScorecardProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Austin, TXNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$260,000
$240,000–$280,000
Wolters KluwerProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 moreNew York, NY +9
$215,100–$384,400
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$180,000–$240,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$168,100–$250,200
FigmaProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$153,000–$376,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Health
New York, NYOn-site
$142,800–$331,200
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$240,000–$300,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
PMGProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineering Principal
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
$240,000–$290,000
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - LLM Post-training
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$230,000
$183,000–$265,000
$200,000–$275,000
$146,000–$183,000
FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
$183,000–$265,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$180,000–$225,000
Obin AIProduction engineering
Principal Solution Architect (Multi-Cloud, Data & Agentic AI)
New York, NY
$220,000–$300,000
FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Staff Applied AI Agent Developer
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$207,000–$300,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
Ode with AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$275,000–$400,000
$185,000–$225,000
$265,000–$265,000
UnityInternal deployment & tooling
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Mountain View, CA · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4
$179,500–$341,900
$217,000–$248,000
Dell TechnologiesImplementation & delivery
Advisory AI Architect (FDE Unit)
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1Remote
$286,450–$370,700
Charlie HealthInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Forward Deployed Platform Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
$185,000–$265,000
NscaleInternal deployment & tooling
Foundry Engineering Lead
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
46 of 51 postings state a pay range. The median is $254,000, and half of them sit between $216,000 and $275,000, across 34 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 51 postings, 30 state a minimum number of years, from 25 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 17 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (10) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 51 postings come from 38 companies. The employers with the most postings are Google (4), Scale AI (4), Amazon (incl AWS) (2), Figma (2) and Flip (2).
Are FDE jobs remote?
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 17 are hybrid and 12 are on-site. The remaining 19 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 11 of the 51 postings.
Counted over the 51 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- SF Bay Area · 688 jobs · 288 companies · 688
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- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 497 companies · 1090
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- Public · 587 jobs · 122 companies · 587
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- Production code · 1678 jobs · 625 companies · 1678
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- Implementation / production · 2105 jobs · 709 companies · 2105
- Ongoing operations · 1629 jobs · 621 companies · 1629
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- External customers · 1656 jobs · 525 companies · 1656
- Internal teams · 334 jobs · 223 companies · 334
- Both · 157 jobs · 106 companies · 157
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 448 jobs · 140 companies · 448