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$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
$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
VercelProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$190,000–$210,000
$160,000–$190,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$264,000
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Los Angeles, CA
$182,000–$250,208
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Seattle, WA
$182,000–$250,208
ElevenLabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - North America
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Senior Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - LLM Post-training
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Chicago, IL
$182,000–$250,208
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
$150,000–$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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