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1,460 postings from 586 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.

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VoltaiProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid

Pay not posted

SiftProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid

$125,000–$175,000

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

1,154 of 1,460 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, across 436 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,460 postings, 613 state a minimum number of years, from 321 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 300 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (204), under 3 years (80) or 10 or more years (29).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,460 postings come from 586 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (62), Amazon (incl AWS) (51), Palantir (47), Anduril (36) and Booz Allen (34).

Are FDE jobs remote?

271 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 366 are hybrid and 346 are on-site. The remaining 477 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 535 of the 1,460 postings.

Counted over the 1,460 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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