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Senior FDE and deployment jobs
2,534 postings · 1,186 companies · 1,826 state pay: median $188,000, half $160,000–$219,000
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$230,000–$316,250
$155,600–$306,800
$182,000–$250,208
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$155,600–$306,800
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Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
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$155,600–$306,800
$182,000–$250,208
$194,000–$224,000
$130,000–$230,000
$155,600–$306,800
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$200,000–$400,000
$155,600–$306,800
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$91,000–$110,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Chicago, IL · Columbus, OH · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Hybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$155,600–$306,800
$160,000–$220,000
$167,000–$196,000
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$155,600–$306,800
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Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3
$118,400–$219,800
$215,000–$275,000
$155,600–$306,800
$140,000–$300,000
$250,000–$280,000
$150,000–$180,000
$155,600–$306,800
$224,000–$394,000 · OTE
$160,000–$250,000
$215,000–$250,000
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$224,000–$394,000 · OTE
1,487 of 2,534 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs pay?
1,826 of 2,534 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $219,000, from 771 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs require?
Of 2,534 postings, 1,402 state a minimum number of years, from 781 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 820 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (363), under 3 years (173) or 10 or more years (46).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs?
These 2,534 postings come from 1,186 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (68), Deloitte US (66), Palantir (62), Amazon (incl AWS) (48) and OpenAI (38).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs remote?
529 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 587 are hybrid and 695 are on-site. The remaining 723 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,078 of the 2,534 postings.
Counted over the 2,534 postings in this search. Postings read on November 2, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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