$165,000–$190,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept
612 postings · 384 companies · 435 state pay: median $180,000, half $150,000–$215,000
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$135,000–$200,000
$155,000–$175,000
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$180,000–$250,000
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$190,000–$238,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1
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$128,000–$150,000
$150,000–$190,000
$140,000–$190,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
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$175,000–$250,000
$221,000–$275,000
$155,000–$175,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineer - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +3 moreColumbus, OH +4Hybrid
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$270,400–$401,600
$175,000–$250,000
$140,000–$180,000
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$120,000–$150,000
$70,500–$203,400
$140,000–$230,000
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$120,000–$140,000
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$120,000–$200,000
349 of 612 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept pay?
435 of 612 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $215,000, from 259 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept require?
Of 612 postings, 331 state a minimum number of years, from 243 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 194 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (63), 6 to 9 years (59) or 10 or more years (15).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept?
These 612 postings come from 384 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (19), Accenture (13), Palantir (11), Google (10) and OpenAI (10).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept remote?
131 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 136 are hybrid and 150 are on-site. The remaining 195 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 220 of the 612 postings.
Counted over the 612 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