PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
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PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$180,000–$300,000
$150,000–$200,000
$153,000–$325,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
San Diego, CAOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
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$150,000–$275,000
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$125,000–$200,000
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$160,000–$270,000
$140,000–$245,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
PoeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
$165,000–$200,000
$100,000–$120,000
$135,000–$200,000
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$200,000–$275,000
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$185,000–$325,000
$200,000–$270,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - France
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
$140,000–$220,000
$125,000–$200,000
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PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
Honolulu, HIOn-site
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
NuvoProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$135,000–$300,000
ModalProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$180,000–$240,000
PicogridProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
El Segundo, CA · Fort Bragg, NCEl Segundo, CA +1
$120,000–$200,000
$175,000–$250,000
$185,000–$275,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors pay?
696 of 915 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 309 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors require?
Of 915 postings, 307 state a minimum number of years, from 197 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 183 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (72), under 3 years (48) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors?
These 915 postings come from 429 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (49), Amazon (incl AWS) (24), OpenAI (22), Anduril (21) and Accenture (19).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors remote?
149 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 232 are hybrid and 285 are on-site. The remaining 249 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 354 of the 915 postings.
Counted over the 915 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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