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1,045 postings from 489 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.

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SiftImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

Marina Del Rey, CA · San Francisco, CAMarina Del Rey, CA +1Hybrid

$125,000–$175,000

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

775 of 1,045 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 346 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,045 postings, 360 state a minimum number of years, from 233 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 206 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (79), under 3 years (69) or 10 or more years (6).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,045 postings come from 489 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (43), Amazon (incl AWS) (30), Anduril (23), OpenAI (22) and Booz Allen (21).

Are FDE jobs remote?

185 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 254 are hybrid and 314 are on-site. The remaining 292 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 371 of the 1,045 postings.

Counted over the 1,045 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

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  • Remote · 391 jobs · 221 companies · 391

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  • Senior · 1676 jobs · 619 companies · 1676
  • Staff+ · 389 jobs · 232 companies · 389
  • Mid · 95 jobs · 67 companies · 95
  • Junior · 22 jobs · 12 companies · 22

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