PalantirProduction engineering
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
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$152,900–$210,155
$120,000–$200,000
$140,000–$225,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$148,000–$255,000
$179,500–$224,300
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
Judi HealthProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Charlotte, NC · Denver, CO · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2Hybrid
$116,400–$200,000
AmplitudeProduction engineering
Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$130,000–$170,000
SalesforceProduction engineering
Missionforce - Senior/Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Public Sector
Herndon, VARemote
$148,500–$365,200
AdobeProduction engineering
Senior AEM Forward Deployed Engineer
San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · +3 moreSan Jose, CA +4
$159,200–$301,600
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$210,000
BCGProduction engineering
(Senior) Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$135,000–$200,000
$230,000–$300,000
$200,000–$325,000
WarpProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$200,000–$250,000
SitrepsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Logistics Programs
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$155,000–$225,000
$135,000–$200,000
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Oahu (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$205,000
$140,000–$160,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
$190,400–$285,600
$140,000–$220,000
CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
$135,000–$200,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,148 of 1,483 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $222,000, across 420 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,483 postings, 552 state a minimum number of years, from 300 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 299 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (174), under 3 years (68) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,483 postings come from 570 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), Palantir (55), Amazon (incl AWS) (47), OpenAI (36) and Anduril (34).
Are FDE jobs remote?
265 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 383 are hybrid and 387 are on-site. The remaining 448 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 603 of the 1,483 postings.
Counted over the 1,483 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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