$134,500–$265,100
FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers
2,499 postings · 1,033 companies · 1,808 state pay: median $197,000, half $163,000–$225,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$134,500–$265,100
$120,000–$180,000
$185,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (New England Area)
Providence, RI · Boston, MA · +1 moreProvidence, RI +2Hybrid
$145,000–$175,000
$134,500–$265,100
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$142,800–$304,200
$153,000–$376,000
$189,200–$372,900
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +9 moreAtlanta, GA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$119,800–$261,000
$182,000–$250,208
$189,200–$372,900
$180,000–$300,000
$119,800–$261,000
$160,000–$200,000
$91,100–$175,100
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$100,000–$160,000
$134,500–$265,100
Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$155,000–$193,000
$182,000–$250,208
$190,000–$240,000
$155,600–$306,800
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$155,600–$306,800
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$155,600–$306,800
$230,000–$316,250
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$240,000
1,672 of 2,499 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers pay?
1,808 of 2,499 postings state a pay range. The median is $197,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 680 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require?
Of 2,499 postings, 1,406 state a minimum number of years, from 679 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 761 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (389), under 3 years (168) or 10 or more years (88).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers?
These 2,499 postings come from 1,033 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (77), Databricks (68), Amazon (incl AWS) (62), Palantir (56) and Accenture (44).
Are FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote?
521 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 603 are hybrid and 686 are on-site. The remaining 689 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,197 of the 2,499 postings.
Counted over the 2,499 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