Defense UnicornsProduction engineering
FDE Data Engineer- Space (FedD141/FedD147)
Colorado Springs, CO · Cape Canaveral, FL · +2 more · US remoteColorado Springs, CO +3 · US remoteRemote
$123,250–$166,750
Senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers
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$182,000–$250,208
$159,200–$301,600
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Defense UnicornsProduction engineering
Senior FDE Data Engineer (FedD140/FedD148)
Colorado Springs, CO · Cape Canaveral, FL · +2 more · US remoteColorado Springs, CO +3 · US remoteRemote
$148,750–$201,250
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$240,000
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Modernization (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
$155,000–$190,000
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Intel, US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
OpenAI Deployment CompanyProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial
New York, NYOn-site
$120,000
$170,000–$250,000 · OTE
$175,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
New York, NYOn-site
$120,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$120,000
CapeProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal
Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +1 moreArlington, VA +2Hybrid
$175,000–$235,000
$120,000–$158,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Charlotte, NC
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
$179,500–$224,300
C3.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal
Redwood City, CA · Tysons, VARedwood City, CA +1
$120,000–$158,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
Periodic LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
C3.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (Atlanta, Houston)
Atlanta, GA · Houston, TXAtlanta, GA +1
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government
New York, NYOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
$130,000–$165,000
$200,000–$400,000
$131,100–$211,400
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Inception LabsProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed AI Engineer
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers pay?
1,040 of 1,337 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $224,000, across 343 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require?
Of 1,337 postings, 490 state a minimum number of years, from 240 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 266 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (161), under 3 years (55) or 10 or more years (8).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers?
These 1,337 postings come from 475 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (63), Deloitte US (63), Amazon (incl AWS) (44), Palantir (40) and Booz Allen (33).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote?
227 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 334 are hybrid and 337 are on-site. The remaining 439 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 645 of the 1,337 postings.
Counted over the 1,337 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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