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1,053 postings from 491 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.

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VoltaiProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid

Pay not posted

SiftProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid

$125,000–$175,000

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

790 of 1,053 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 353 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,053 postings, 358 state a minimum number of years, from 229 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 201 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (82), under 3 years (69) or 10 or more years (6).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,053 postings come from 491 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (43), Amazon (incl AWS) (30), Anduril (24), OpenAI (22) and Booz Allen (21).

Are FDE jobs remote?

184 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 259 are hybrid and 316 are on-site. The remaining 294 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 371 of the 1,053 postings.

Counted over the 1,053 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

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  • Senior · 1661 jobs · 613 companies · 1661
  • Staff+ · 383 jobs · 228 companies · 383
  • Mid · 96 jobs · 67 companies · 96
  • Junior · 22 jobs · 13 companies · 22

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