The Walt Disney CompanyInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer
Burbank, CA · Glendale, CABurbank, CA +1Hybrid
$117,500–$157,500
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$177,500–$256,880
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Internal deployment & tooling
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Los Angeles, CA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4On-site
$150,000–$280,000
Sony Pictures EntertainmentInternal deployment & tooling
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Culver City, CA
$195,000–$245,000
The Walt Disney CompanyInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Product Engineer
Burbank, CA · Glendale, CABurbank, CA +1Hybrid
$117,500–$157,500
$125,400–$215,975
$70,000–$300,000
SiftImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · San Francisco, CAMarina Del Rey, CA +1Hybrid
$125,000–$175,000
$70,000–$300,000
SitrepsImplementation & delivery
Senior Engagement Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Washington, DCLos Angeles, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$220,000
FlipImplementation & delivery
Implementation Manager, Healthcare
Marina Del Rey, CA · Brooklyn, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$110,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$160,000
SalesforceDeployment strategy
Deployment Strategist - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
Mclean, VA · Chicago, IL · +8 moreMclean, VA +9Remote
$134,750–$316,750
FlipImplementation & delivery
Implementation Manager, Healthcare
Marina Del Rey, CA · Brooklyn, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$110,000–$140,000
NominalImplementation & delivery
Baremetal Infrastructure Engineer
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +2 moreNew York, NY +3
$120,000–$230,000
NominalImplementation & delivery
Deployment Systems Engineer
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$120,000–$230,000
GoogleInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI and Commercial Operations Specialist
Los Angeles, CA · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreLos Angeles, CA +5
$186,000–$269,000
$167,000–$248,000
Oaktree Capital ManagementInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Associate, Forward Deployment Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
$130,000–$160,000
$191,000–$253,000
$115,000–$173,000
$200,000–$250,000
$130,000–$196,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic AI Engineer, Automation
Costa Mesa, CA · Long Beach, CACosta Mesa, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$292,000
$130,000–$196,000
AppleInternal deployment & tooling
Lead Developer, AI Workflows & Media Supply Chain
Culver City, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$125,000–$175,000
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$181,000–$271,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$154,000–$230,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$292,000
$106,200–$182,983
$112,200–$190,700
$154,000–$230,000
$191,000–$253,000
$154,000–$230,000
$179,273–$286,837
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, ArsenalOS Deployment
Costa Mesa, CA
$220,000–$290,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
80 of 93 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $218,000, across 43 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 93 postings, 39 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 17 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (12), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 93 postings come from 49 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anduril (8), Google (5), Relativity Space (5), Field AI (4) and Flip (4).
Are FDE jobs remote?
6 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 31 are hybrid and 19 are on-site. The remaining 37 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 31 of the 93 postings.
Counted over the 93 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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