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FDE jobs matching “kubernetes”
505 postings · 273 companies · 382 state pay: median $199,000, half $174,000–$226,000
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$170,000–$225,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
Austin, TX · San Francisco, CAAustin, TX +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
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$190,000–$210,000
$105,400–$207,800
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$125,500–$261,600
Up to $150,000
$180,000–$240,000
$140,000–$220,000
$200,000–$240,000
Up to $185,000
$198,000–$319,000/mo
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1
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$200,000–$400,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$106,900–$176,500
Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
$165,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense
Costa Mesa, CA · Washington, DCCosta Mesa, CA +1
$191,000–$254,000
$155,000–$186,000
$180,000–$300,000
Meridian: Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (Senior / Suitland, MD / Hybrid) [TS/SCI]
Suitland, MDHybrid
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Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$155,000–$175,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineer - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +3 moreColumbus, OH +4Hybrid
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$270,400–$401,600
$88,544–$207,401
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, BankingSuite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$266,100
$140,000–$180,000
$137,160–$228,480
$143,640–$273,000
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
326 of 505 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do these 505 jobs pay?
382 of 505 postings state a pay range. The median is $199,000, and half of them sit between $174,000 and $226,000, from 187 companies.
How much experience do these 505 jobs require?
Of 505 postings, 316 state a minimum number of years, from 194 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 138 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (131), 10 or more years (30) or under 3 years (17).
Which companies posted these 505 jobs?
These 505 postings come from 273 companies. The employers with the most postings are NVIDIA (23), LangChain (15), Scale AI (15), Provectus (10) and Anduril (9).
Are these 505 jobs remote?
152 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 102 are hybrid and 92 are on-site. The remaining 159 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 211 of the 505 postings.
Counted over the 505 postings in this search. Postings read on November 5, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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