$155,000–$225,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers
1,284 postings · 695 companies · 868 state pay: median $181,000, half $153,000–$216,000
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$180,000–$200,000
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$77,600–$176,000
$180,000–$300,000
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - DC Metro
Mclean, VAHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
$180,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
$180,000–$250,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - Chicago
Chicago, ILHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$375,000
$165,000–$220,000
$280,000–$320,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$150,000–$225,000
$145,000–$250,000
$130,600–$147,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$120,000–$200,000
$145,000–$250,000
$170,000–$210,000
$140,000–$180,000
$150,000–$180,000
$146,000–$253,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Hybrid, USA)
Denver, CO · Charlotte, NC · +1 moreDenver, CO +2Hybrid
$140,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
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$145,000–$210,000
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$145,000–$250,000
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$145,000–$250,000
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938 of 1,284 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers pay?
868 of 1,284 postings state a pay range. The median is $181,000, and half of them sit between $153,000 and $216,000, from 440 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers require?
Of 1,284 postings, 623 state a minimum number of years, from 405 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 375 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (124), 6 to 9 years (106) or 10 or more years (18).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers?
These 1,284 postings come from 695 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (55), Amazon (incl AWS) (25), Anduril (20), Accenture (19) and Booz Allen (19).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers remote?
261 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 298 are hybrid and 438 are on-site. The remaining 287 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 559 of the 1,284 postings.
Counted over the 1,284 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings