$153,000–$325,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers
1,259 postings · 688 companies · 846 state pay: median $181,000, half $154,000–$216,000
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
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922 of 1,259 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers pay?
846 of 1,259 postings state a pay range. The median is $181,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $216,000, from 435 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers require?
Of 1,259 postings, 605 state a minimum number of years, from 397 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 364 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (121), 6 to 9 years (103) or 10 or more years (17).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers?
These 1,259 postings come from 688 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (52), Amazon (incl AWS) (24), Anduril (20), Booz Allen (20) and Accenture (19).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers remote?
255 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 291 are hybrid and 431 are on-site. The remaining 282 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 546 of the 1,259 postings.
Counted over the 1,259 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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