Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs
888 postings · 334 companies · 716 state pay: median $200,000, half $165,000–$228,000
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$182,000–$250,208
$170,000–$250,000 · OTE
$175,000–$300,000
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$182,000–$250,208
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$175,000–$235,000
$120,000–$158,000
$182,000–$250,208
$179,500–$224,300
Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
$120,000–$158,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$130,000–$165,000
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$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$400,000
$131,100–$211,400
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
$175,000–$275,000
$159,200–$301,600
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$130,000–$180,000
$112,700–$183,900
Forward Deployed Engineer - Planhat
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$160,000–$220,000
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
Pay not posted
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$157,000–$175,000
AI/ML Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$150,000–$350,000
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$152,900–$210,155
$120,000–$200,000
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
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All 888 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs pay?
716 of 888 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $228,000, from 242 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs require?
Of 888 postings, 372 state a minimum number of years, from 171 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 189 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (133), under 3 years (46) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs?
These 888 postings come from 334 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (58), Deloitte US (57), Accenture (33), Booz Allen (33) and Palantir (31).
Are senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs remote?
124 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 233 are hybrid and 199 are on-site. The remaining 332 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 453 of the 888 postings.
Counted over the 888 postings in this search. Postings read on September 22, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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