Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
Staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs
204 postings · 130 companies · 166 state pay: median $225,000, half $205,000–$262,000
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$168,100–$261,500
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Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$262,000–$364,000
$158,520–$294,360
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 moreFrisco, TX +2Hybrid
$137,100–$254,700
$124,646–$168,272
$143,640–$273,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$97,860–$316,750
$175,000–$200,000
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$200,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$172,500–$260,100
$194,000–$266,000
$215,100–$384,400
Pay not posted
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$142,800–$304,200
$153,000–$376,000
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$270,000
$250,000–$315,000
$177,375–$209,625
$180,000–$240,000
$168,912–$253,368
$300,000–$350,000
$240,000–$300,000
Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$168,100–$250,200
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$270,000
$310,000–$350,000
All 204 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs pay?
166 of 204 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $205,000 and $262,000, from 102 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs require?
Of 204 postings, 149 state a minimum number of years, from 101 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 71 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (45) or 10 or more years (33).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs?
These 204 postings come from 130 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (17), CapTech Consulting (8), ServiceNow (7), Robots & Pencils (6) and Accenture (4).
Are staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs remote?
49 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 66 are hybrid and 27 are on-site. The remaining 62 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 99 of the 204 postings.
Counted over the 204 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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