GoogleProduction engineering
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer III, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$174,000–$252,000
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AccentureProduction engineering
AI Led Forward Deployed Engineer | Design & Digital Products
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +26 moreNew York, NY +27
$54,400–$205,800
$180,000–$230,000
$140,000–$250,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$207,000–$300,000
PwC (US)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineering - Senior Associate
New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$77,000–$214,000
Wolters KluwerProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 moreNew York, NY +9
$215,100–$384,400
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$80,400–$316,300
GoogleProduction engineering
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$262,000–$364,000
DeepgramProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$197,000–$246,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
$180,000–$240,000
$182,000–$250,208
$91,000–$110,000
Thomson ReutersProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Legal — CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3Hybrid
$94,900–$203,000
$180,000–$240,000
$150,000–$200,000
$200,000–$260,000
$189,000–$330,000
$120,000–$190,000
$310,000–$350,000
$240,000–$300,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
WarpProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$200,000–$250,000
$140,000–$220,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
ValthosProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
$150,000–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
$175,000–$290,000
ProfoundProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
$140,000–$225,000
$190,000–$280,000
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
$160,000–$500,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
124 of 140 postings state a pay range. The median is $196,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $226,000, across 84 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 140 postings, 22 state a minimum number of years, from 20 companies. The most common requirement is under 3 years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (10).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 140 postings come from 97 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (7), Accenture (6), Google (6), Scale AI (6) and Databricks (3).
Are FDE jobs remote?
9 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 43 are hybrid and 41 are on-site. The remaining 47 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 49 of the 140 postings.
Counted over the 140 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- SF Bay Area · 693 jobs · 289 companies · 693
- New York metro · 604 jobs · 265 companies · 604
- Washington, DC area · 305 jobs · 77 companies · 305
- Seattle area · 155 jobs · 54 companies · 155
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
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- Philadelphia · 39 jobs · 11 companies · 39
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 39 jobs · 8 companies · 39
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- Production engineering · 1093 jobs · 385 companies · 1093
- Internal deployment & tooling · 401 jobs · 255 companies · 401
- Implementation & delivery · 366 jobs · 211 companies · 366
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 104 jobs · 71 companies · 104
- Technical pre-sales · 43 jobs · 26 companies · 43
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
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FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1094 jobs · 495 companies · 1094
- Technical lead · 983 jobs · 404 companies · 983
- People manager · 107 jobs · 79 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 600 jobs · 124 companies · 600
- Later private · 545 jobs · 160 companies · 545
- Growth (Series B–C) · 349 jobs · 146 companies · 349
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 108 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 55 jobs · 28 companies · 55
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- Production code · 1699 jobs · 631 companies · 1699
- Configuration / integration · 261 jobs · 162 companies · 261
- Prototypes / scripts · 100 jobs · 63 companies · 100
- No coding · 65 jobs · 45 companies · 65
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2128 jobs · 715 companies · 2128
- Ongoing operations · 1651 jobs · 627 companies · 1651
- Proof of concept · 800 jobs · 343 companies · 800
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 614 jobs · 267 companies · 614
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1671 jobs · 527 companies · 1671
- Internal teams · 338 jobs · 225 companies · 338
- Both · 162 jobs · 109 companies · 162
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 454 jobs · 140 companies · 454