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2,538 postings · 1,187 companies · 1,829 state pay: median $188,000, half $160,000–$218,000
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 moreChicago, IL +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
$180,000–$200,000
$157,500–$185,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
$120,400–$234,700
$149,000–$185,000
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$165,830–$243,142
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +3
$143,700–$223,600
Pay not posted
$225,000–$270,000
$145,000–$165,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
$184,000–$356,500
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Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
Gallup, NM · San Francisco, CAGallup, NM +1On-site
Pay not posted
$130,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
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$150,000–$170,000
$62,000–$141,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Dallas, TX · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$101.14–$182,624
$120,000–$200,000
$180,000–$255,000
$77,600–$176,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Dallas, TX · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$89,400–$166,398
Pay not posted
$180,000–$250,000
$145,000–$170,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Dallas, TX · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$76,730–$150,800
$175,000–$215,000
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$120,000–$200,000
$165,000–$190,000
$188,000–$240,000
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$135,000–$200,000
1,490 of 2,538 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs pay?
1,829 of 2,538 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $218,000, from 772 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs require?
Of 2,538 postings, 1,403 state a minimum number of years, from 781 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 821 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 2,538 postings come from 1,187 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?
530 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 588 are hybrid and 694 are on-site. The remaining 726 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,079 of the 2,538 postings.
Counted over the 2,538 postings in this search. Postings read on November 2, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. · How we read postings