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FDE jobs across the US
779 postings from 414 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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$70,500–$203,400
$180,000–$200,000
$207,000–$300,000
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$206,600–$229,000
$120,000–$150,000
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IntercomProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$150,000–$250,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Higher Education, Google Public Sector
Sunnyvale, CA
$207,000–$300,000
$237,150–$320,850
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Agentic AI Forward-Deployed Engineer
Mclean, VA · Arlington, VAMclean, VA +1
$99,000–$225,000
$192,010–$274,300
$207,000–$300,000
$140,000–$190,000
$189,000–$330,000
$192,010–$274,300
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, State and Local Government, Google Public Sector
New York, NY
$207,000–$300,000
$120,000–$200,000
$162,000–$207,000
$130,000–$160,000
Pay not posted
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Austin, TX · +5 moreNew York, NY +6
$174,000–$252,000
Applied IntuitionProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (December 2026)
Sunnyvale, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +22 moreChicago, IL +23
$207,000–$300,000
NuvoProduction engineering
New Grad Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering, U.S. Public Sector (Federal Focus)
Washington, DCRemote
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$180,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
FigmaProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$153,000–$376,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Palantir Foundry (TS Cleared)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$100,200–$243,100
$119,800–$261,000
$150,000–$200,000
$100,000–$160,000
DeepgramProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$193,000
$190,000–$240,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
565 of 779 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $225,000, across 292 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 779 postings, 216 state a minimum number of years, from 169 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 167 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (49).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 779 postings come from 414 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (26), Amazon (incl AWS) (20), Booz Allen (18), OpenAI (14) and Sierra (13).
Are FDE jobs remote?
127 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 189 are hybrid and 259 are on-site. The remaining 204 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 157 of the 779 postings.
Counted over the 779 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Browse jobs by location and work
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 692 jobs · 289 companies · 692
- New York metro · 605 jobs · 264 companies · 605
- Washington, DC area · 304 jobs · 74 companies · 304
- Seattle area · 152 jobs · 52 companies · 152
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 35 companies · 125
- Austin · 118 jobs · 51 companies · 118
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 78 jobs · 21 companies · 78
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 46 jobs · 12 companies · 46
- Raleigh–Durham · 45 jobs · 17 companies · 45
- Philadelphia · 39 jobs · 11 companies · 39
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 39 jobs · 8 companies · 39
- Miami · 37 jobs · 12 companies · 37
- Kansas City · 30 jobs · 5 companies · 30
- Phoenix · 25 jobs · 6 companies · 25
- Portland · 23 jobs · 4 companies · 23
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
- Internal deployment & tooling · 403 jobs · 256 companies · 403
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 494 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 990 jobs · 405 companies · 990
- People manager · 107 jobs · 80 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 672 jobs · 142 companies · 672
- Growth (Series B–C) · 353 jobs · 160 companies · 353
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
- Subsidiary · 73 jobs · 38 companies · 73
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1718 jobs · 639 companies · 1718
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 99 jobs · 62 companies · 99
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
- Ongoing operations · 1666 jobs · 632 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1688 jobs · 531 companies · 1688
- Internal teams · 342 jobs · 229 companies · 342
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461