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FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Boston area serving external customers
50 postings · 30 companies · 37 state pay: median $168,000, half $146,000–$186,000
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Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer (React+Node)
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$223,600
Pay not posted
$165,000–$190,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
$128,000–$150,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +10 moreBoston, MA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreBoston, MA +3
$143,700–$213,800
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
Cambridge, MA · New York, NY · +8 moreCambridge, MA +9
$174,000–$252,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$54,400–$235,100
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (New England Area)
Boston, MA · Providence, RI · +1 moreBoston, MA +2Hybrid
$145,000–$175,000
$230,000–$316,250
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · +8 moreBoston, MA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$185,000
$110,000–$160,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Internship, Campus, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +2 moreBoston, MA +3On-site
$155,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Experienced Associate
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +1 moreBoston, MA +2
$63,000–$153,000
Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Internship, Campus, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +2 moreBoston, MA +3On-site
$155,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Senior Associate
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +1 moreBoston, MA +2
$77,000–$214,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineering - Experienced Associate
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +1 moreBoston, MA +2
$63,000–$153,000
$132,000–$175,000
$54,400–$196,000
Pay not posted
$110,000–$200,000
$191,000–$254,000
$179,500–$203,500
$54,400–$205,800
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Boston, MA · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreBoston, MA +17
$150,000
Pay not posted
$80,400–$266,300
OnCorps AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Remote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Mountain View, CA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
Full Stack Engineer Manager (FDE)
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +39 moreBoston, MA +40
$80,400–$316,300
36 of 50 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Boston area serving external customers pay?
37 of 50 postings state a pay range. The median is $168,000, and half of them sit between $146,000 and $186,000, from 20 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Boston area serving external customers require?
Of 50 postings, 27 state a minimum number of years, from 18 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (7), 6 to 9 years (5) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Boston area serving external customers?
These 50 postings come from 30 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (6), Amazon (incl AWS) (5), BCG (4), Creative Chaos (4) and Liberate (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Boston area serving external customers remote?
7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 12 are hybrid and 8 are on-site. The remaining 23 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 32 of the 50 postings.
Counted over the 50 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings