Lila SciencesBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences
Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CACambridge, MA +1
$192,000–$256,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams
158 postings · 123 companies · 123 state pay: median $173,000, half $140,000–$212,000
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$168,349.5–$230,912.6
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
Thomson ReutersPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Legal Engineer, Legal Products Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
Frisco, TX · New York, NYFrisco, TX +1Hybrid
$94,900–$203,000
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Software Engineer Internship
Irvine, CA
$52,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
GradialIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Product Analyst
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$120,000–$135,000
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Software Engineer Internship
New York, NY
$52,000
$123,000–$141,000
Pay not posted
$70,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$140,000–$160,000
Shield AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$125,000–$175,000
$99,000–$133,000
TwentyIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (CI Poly)
Fort Meade, MDOn-site
$192,000–$455,000
$140,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
PalantirBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Enablement Engineer - Customer Success
Washington, DCOn-site
$110,000–$147,000
PalantirIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Enablement Engineer - Customer Success
New York, NYOn-site
$110,000–$147,000
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - Korea Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
ThatchIntegrates and configures it
Partner Engineer
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 more · US remoteAustin, TX +2 · US remoteRemote
$160,000–$195,000
$87,100–$157,450
CoreWeaveIntegrates and configures it
Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA +1
$182,000–$242,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Senior Delivery Consultant - Security, WWPS Professional Services - GPS
Herndon, VA
$153,600–$207,800
Hippocratic AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Solutions Architect, Inbound AI Deployments
USRemote
Pay not posted
$130,000–$180,000
$170,000–$230,000
NominalIntegrates and configures it
Baremetal Infrastructure Engineer
New York, NY · Seattle, WA · +2 moreNew York, NY +3
$120,000–$230,000
$120,000–$170,000
$184,000–$356,500
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
$180,000–$220,000
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government
New York, NYOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
74 of 158 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams pay?
123 of 158 postings state a pay range. The median is $173,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $212,000, from 92 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 158 postings, 81 state a minimum number of years, from 74 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 48 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (20), 6 to 9 years (12) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams?
These 158 postings come from 123 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (16), Amazon (incl AWS) (5), Sia (4), Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (3) and NVIDIA (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams remote?
37 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 38 are hybrid and 41 are on-site. The remaining 42 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 57 of the 158 postings.
Counted over the 158 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