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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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$117,000–$132,000
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
Gallup, NM · San Francisco, CAGallup, NM +1On-site
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$136,000–$155,000
$140,000–$220,000
$120,000–$150,000
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$150,000–$180,000
$144,000–$200,000
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AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE), U.S. Public Sector (Federal Focus)
Washington, DCRemote
$182,000–$250,208
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$130,000–$230,000
$150,000–$180,000
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$100,000–$180,000
$182,000–$250,208
$148,000–$255,000
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$120,000–$160,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CACambridge, MA +1
$192,000–$256,000
$50–$55
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$150,000–$350,000
$132,000–$193,000
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$250,000–$400,000
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$100,000–$160,000
$140,000–$190,000
$140,000–$190,000
$140,000–$190,000
$184,000–$356,500
$150,000–$225,000
Up to $220,000
74 of 158 build what the customer runs.
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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