$152,000–$318,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors
1,700 postings · 920 companies · 1,173 state pay: median $180,000, half $151,000–$215,000
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$191,000–$254,000
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$120,000–$190,000
Fanatics CollectiblesBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer— Strategic Finance
New York, NY
$145,000–$181,250
AECOMBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Internal Data Products
Phoenix, AZRemote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
CitigroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Transformation -Senior Vice President
Tampa, FL
$141,440–$212,160
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Transformation -Senior Vice President
Irving, TXHybrid
$156,160–$234,240
$125,370–$179,100
Baker TillyBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
San Jose, CA · Pasadena, CA · +10 moreSan Jose, CA +11
$205,000–$250,000
MillenniumBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Equities Technology
Miami, FL
$175,000–$250,000
$150,000–$200,000
DatasiteBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer, Commercial Operations
New York, NY · Minneapolis, MNNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$118,800–$207,200
Pay not posted
$160,000–$200,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Assistant Vice President
New York, NY
$121,200–$181,800
Safety RadarIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer | AI Implementation & Customer Success
Denver, CO · Tulsa, OKDenver, CO +1Hybrid
$95,000–$125,000
$90,000–$110,000
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
New York, NY
$100,000–$120,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Vice President
New York, NY
$142,320–$213,480
SermoBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Delivery and Operations
US · city not listed
Pay not posted
OnCorps AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Remote
Pay not posted
HomeSmartBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer — Applied AI
Scottsdale, AZHybrid
Pay not posted
RulaBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI (Remote)
USRemote
$192,000–$240,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
$180,000–$300,000
$180,200–$252,300
$110,000–$200,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
CitigroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Assistant Vice President
New York, NY
$121,200–$181,800
$170,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$129,500–$150,500
$102,100–$202,200
AdobeBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Marketing Intelligence & Consumer Insights
San Jose, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 moreSan Jose, CA +2
$109,000–$200,700
Worldwide Clinical TrialsBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Finance-focused (US)
Research Triangle Park, NC · Portland, OR · +6 moreResearch Triangle Park, NC +7Remote
$121,500–$240,500
$102,000–$115,000
1,006 of 1,700 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors pay?
1,173 of 1,700 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $151,000 and $215,000, from 598 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors require?
Of 1,700 postings, 857 state a minimum number of years, from 567 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 508 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (174), 6 to 9 years (151) or 10 or more years (24).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors?
These 1,700 postings come from 920 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (71), Amazon (incl AWS) (30), Anduril (22), SpaceX (21) and Booz Allen (20).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors remote?
347 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 384 are hybrid and 538 are on-site. The remaining 431 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 638 of the 1,700 postings.
Counted over the 1,700 postings in this search. Postings read on November 4, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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