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FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams
74 postings · 62 companies · 53 state pay: median $173,000, half $154,000–$213,000
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$115,000–$192,900
$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
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$184,000–$356,500
$150,000–$225,000
Up to $220,000
All 74 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams pay?
53 of 74 postings state a pay range. The median is $173,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $213,000, from 43 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 74 postings, 44 state a minimum number of years, from 39 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 23 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (11) or under 3 years (10).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams?
These 74 postings come from 62 companies. The employers with the most postings are Sia (4), Amazon (incl AWS) (3), Striveworks (3), Databricks (2) and Google (2).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors serving external customers and internal teams remote?
23 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 21 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. The remaining 19 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 24 of the 74 postings.
Counted over the 74 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