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$180,000–$230,000
$182,000–$250,208
VoltaiProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
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
Cubic CorporationProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer – Forward Deployed (Fort Meade)
Fort Meade, MDOn-site
$159,000–$184,000
$143,500–$225,500
$168,000–$252,000
$180,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$240,000
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Istari DigitalProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (Commercial / International)
Seattle, WAOn-site
Pay not posted
$200,000–$300,000
NeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Intern - 2026-2027
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$156,060–$211,140
NeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - New Grad - 2026-2027
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Fidelity National Information ServicesProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
Jacksonville, FL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreJacksonville, FL +3Remote
$179,470–$305,100
Pay not posted
$179,500–$224,300
$120,000–$300,000
AsanaProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Intel
Washington, DCOn-site
$120,000
$140,000–$200,000
$248,000–$282,000
$200,000–$300,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$54,400–$235,100
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial
Chicago, ILHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
SalesforceProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$141,000–$250,000
QuadrillionProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward-Deployed Engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$175,000–$350,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Databricks
Arlington, VA · Washington, DCArlington, VA +1
$100,200–$243,100
PalantirProduction engineering
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial
Chicago, ILOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors pay?
694 of 913 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 310 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors require?
Of 913 postings, 308 state a minimum number of years, from 196 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 184 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (73), under 3 years (47) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors?
These 913 postings come from 430 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (49), OpenAI (22), Amazon (incl AWS) (21), Anduril (21) and Accenture (19).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors remote?
149 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 231 are hybrid and 285 are on-site. The remaining 248 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 350 of the 913 postings.
Counted over the 913 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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