$185,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations
871 jobs
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
FigmaProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$153,000–$376,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Palantir Foundry (TS Cleared)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$100,200–$243,100
SalesforceProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +9 moreAtlanta, GA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$194,400–$228,800
$150,000–$200,000
DeepgramProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$193,000
$190,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist - Oil & Gas, Houston
Houston, TXHybrid
Pay not posted
$144,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Analog DevicesProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Jose, CA · Boston, MASan Jose, CA +1
$230,000–$316,250
$112,400–$171,600
$144,000–$200,000
$200,000–$240,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$160,000–$220,000
BCGProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Campus, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · Los Angeles, CA · +10 moreBoston, MA +11
$110,000–$190,000
Layer HealthProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Thomson ReutersProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3
$118,400–$219,800
Pay not posted
BCGProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Campus, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +10 moreBoston, MA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
trmlabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - US National Security
US · city not listedHybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$275,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$165,000–$350,000
TenstorrentProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Austin, TX · Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX +1Remote
$100,000–$500,000 · base + variable
$100,000–$140,000
$200,000–$400,000
VoltaiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$190,000
$180,000–$230,000
SiftProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$125,000–$175,000
VoltaiProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Cubic CorporationProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer – Forward Deployed (Fort Meade)
Fort Meade, MDOn-site
$159,000–$184,000
$143,500–$225,500
$168,000–$252,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations pay?
Of 871 postings, 661 list a pay range. The median posted range is $150,000–$225,000 across 308 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations require?
Of 871 postings, 295 state a minimum number of years, from 192 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 164 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (71), under 3 years (56) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations?
These 871 postings come from 417 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (50), Anduril (23), LangChain (19), Booz Allen (18) and Accenture (17).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations remote?
Of 871 postings, 640 state a work arrangement, from 345 companies. Of those, 144 are remote, 224 are hybrid and 272 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 324 of the 871 postings.
Counted over the 871 postings in this search, as read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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