Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +8 moreSeattle, WA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
Senior FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area
155 postings · 65 companies · 140 state pay: median $192,000, half $175,000–$215,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Seattle, WA · Jessup, MD · +4 moreSeattle, WA +5
$143,700–$213,800
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreSeattle, WA +40
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$185,000
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$216,000–$270,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$143,700–$223,600
$145,000–$175,000
$182,000–$250,208
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$180,000–$225,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreSeattle, WA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$153,000–$325,000
$182,000–$250,208
$170,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$143,700–$213,800
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
Seattle, WA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$166,000–$253,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreSeattle, WA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +6 moreSeattle, WA +7
$168,100–$261,500
$80,400–$316,300
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreSeattle, WA +40
$138,800–$434,000
$146,000–$204,000
$77,000–$202,000
Senior/Staff Full Stack Software Engineer, Federal
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
ML Ops DSX Senior Engineer
Seattle, WA · Santa Clara, CA · US remoteSeattle, WA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
$146,000–$204,000
Pay not posted
$80,400–$266,300
From $92,250
$132,000–$184,000
Senior Machine Learning Engineer–Field Engagement
Seattle, WA · Washington, DCSeattle, WA +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreSeattle, WA +41
Pay not posted
$140,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Sr. Enterprise Architect - Agentforce for Operations
Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +4 moreSeattle, WA +5
$148,500–$285,800
$126,000–$248,000
AI Customer and Partner Solutions Engineer, Cloud Applied AI
Kirkland, WA · Sunnyvale, CAKirkland, WA +1
$183,000–$265,000
Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Seattle, WA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$191,000–$254,000
$117,200–$246,000
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Seattle, WA · Jersey City, NJ · +6 moreSeattle, WA +7
$153,600–$239,000
Pay not posted
112 of 155 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area pay?
140 of 155 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $175,000 and $215,000, from 52 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area require?
Of 155 postings, 106 state a minimum number of years, from 47 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 71 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (24), under 3 years (8) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area?
These 155 postings come from 65 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (25), Accenture (15), Google (10), Salesforce (8) and Anduril (6).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area remote?
15 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 33 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. The remaining 98 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 89 of the 155 postings.
Counted over the 155 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. · How we read postings