Brain Co.Production engineering
Early Career Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
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UncountableProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Implementations
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$90,000–$110,000
$140,000–$200,000
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer - Mission Dev
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$130,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$225,000
Ode with AnthropicProduction engineering
Bring Your Own Engineering Team
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
Beacon SoftwareDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5
$152,000–$221,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
$115,520–$198,360
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Financial Services
US · city not listed
$115,800–$199,100
CloudflareDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreAustin, TX +2Hybrid
$234,000–$310,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
$120,000–$160,000
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
$199,800–$222,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Dallas, TX
$159,300–$202,400
$180,000–$250,000
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Healthcare & Life Sciences
US · city not listed
$124,800–$214,500
$220,000–$315,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$180,000–$250,000
AntithesisImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
SG$150,000–SG$225,000
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
MicrosoftImplementation & delivery
Senior Software Engineer - Windows Solutions FDE
US · city not listed
$119,800–$261,000
$210,000–$300,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
899 of 1,193 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $156,000 and $225,000, across 306 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,193 postings, 171 state a minimum number of years, from 109 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 96 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (75).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,193 postings come from 434 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (51), Amazon (incl AWS) (49), Databricks (38), Booz Allen (35) and Deloitte US (34).
Are FDE jobs remote?
203 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 275 are hybrid and 336 are on-site. The remaining 379 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 529 of the 1,193 postings.
Counted over the 1,193 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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- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461