Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
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1,122 jobs
$200,000–$300,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$185,000–$235,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
IntercomDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
Lila SciencesInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences
Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CACambridge, MA +1
$192,000–$256,000
Snorkel AIImplementation & delivery
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$100,000–$200,000
DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
$90,000–$225,000
$200,000–$275,000
$153,000–$200,000
$180,000–$320,000
$185,000–$225,000
$140,000–$200,000
$180,000–$230,000
ModalImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer - ML
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$300,000
PoeticDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
$175,000–$205,000
$140,000–$250,000
$165,000–$235,000
$129,500–$207,200
ServalDeployment strategy
Deployment Strategist, Flagship Account
Santa Clara, CA · San Francisco, CASanta Clara, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$280,000
$200,000–$300,000
$150,000–$300,000
$210,000–$220,000
CoreWeaveImplementation & delivery
Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA +1
$182,000–$242,000
$200,000–$290,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Implementation & delivery
Senior Delivery Consultant – DevOps, WWPS ProServe
Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$153,600–$207,800
$123,000–$242,000
$170,000–$200,000
$179,982–$224,978
$153,600–$207,800
SierraDeployment strategy
Strategist, Agent Development - Tech, Media & Telecom
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$290,000
CapgeminiImplementation & delivery
Capgemini Invent - Contextual Systems Engineer Senior Consultant
Chicago, IL
$105,600–$199,480
$105,400–$207,800
$123,000–$205,000 · OTE
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,121 of 1,122 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $238,000, across 411 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,122 postings, 485 state a minimum number of years, from 238 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 221 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (194), under 3 years (37) or 10 or more years (33).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,122 postings come from 412 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (35), OpenAI (27), Anduril (26) and Booz Allen (25).
Are FDE jobs remote?
178 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 286 are hybrid and 248 are on-site. The remaining 410 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 366 of the 1,122 postings.
Counted over the 1,122 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 693 jobs · 289 companies · 693
- 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 · 1092 jobs · 385 companies · 1092
- 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 · 1087 jobs · 493 companies · 1087
- Technical lead · 992 jobs · 407 companies · 992
- People manager · 108 jobs · 80 companies · 108
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 674 jobs · 142 companies · 674
- Growth (Series B–C) · 354 jobs · 160 companies · 354
- 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 · 1719 jobs · 639 companies · 1719
- Configuration / integration · 262 jobs · 161 companies · 262
- 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 · 631 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 808 jobs · 345 companies · 808
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1686 jobs · 531 companies · 1686
- Internal teams · 344 jobs · 230 companies · 344
- 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