$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
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DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
$190,000–$280,000
$180,000–$300,000
$165,000–$330,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Denver, CO
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Raleigh, NC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Chicago, ILRemote
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$179,000–$250,000
$156,000–$224,250
$166,500–$291,400
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +6 moreJersey City, NJ +7
$153,600–$239,000
$144,900–$302,100
$207,000–$300,000
$149,800–$262,200
$170,000–$210,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Honolulu, HI · +1 moreDenver, CO +2
$235,200–$294,000
$165,750–$224,250
$211,000–$302,000
$190,000–$230,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
$225,000–$225,000
$141,200–$278,300
GoogleProduction engineering
Cloud Engineer, AI/ML, Global Services Delivery, Google Cloud
Austin, TX · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreAustin, TX +3
$152,000–$221,000
$160,000–$500,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
554 of 554 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $200,000 and $239,000, across 212 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 554 postings, 302 state a minimum number of years, from 133 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 148 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (121), 10 or more years (28) or under 3 years (5).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 554 postings come from 212 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (57), Deloitte US (57), OpenAI (18), Accenture (16) and Google (16).
Are FDE jobs remote?
99 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 133 are hybrid and 76 are on-site. The remaining 246 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 277 of the 554 postings.
Counted over the 554 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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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
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 126 jobs · 35 companies · 126
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- 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 · 46 jobs · 18 companies · 46
- 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 · 404 jobs · 257 companies · 404
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 107 jobs · 74 companies · 107
- 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 · 992 jobs · 406 companies · 992
- People manager · 107 jobs · 80 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 674 jobs · 142 companies · 674
- 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