Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreSeattle, WA +4
$168,100–$261,500
FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area with significant travel
85 postings · 17 companies · 84 state pay: median $208,000, half $179,000–$215,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Seattle, WA · Jessup, MD · +4 moreSeattle, WA +5
$168,100–$250,200
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$143,700–$213,800
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreSeattle, WA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSeattle, WA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Bellevue, WA · Boston, MA · +4 moreBellevue, WA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreSeattle, WA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +6 moreSeattle, WA +7
$168,100–$261,500
$80,400–$316,300
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$200,100–$270,600
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreSeattle, WA +40
$138,800–$434,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
$77,000–$202,000
Senior Machine Learning Engineer–Field Engagement
Seattle, WA · Washington, DCSeattle, WA +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$54,400–$196,000
$172,500–$285,800
Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Seattle, WA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$191,000–$254,000
$118,000–$176,000
$80,400–$266,300
$179,875–$203,925
Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Seattle, WA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$167,000–$222,000
$130,000–$185,000
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreSeattle, WA +41
Pay not posted
$185,000–$230,000
$191,000–$292,000
$225,000–$304,200
$54,400–$205,800
$185,000–$230,000
$54,400–$196,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Seattle, WA · Albany, NY · +39 moreSeattle, WA +40
$80,400–$266,300
$87,400–$293,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · East Palo Alto, CA · +4 moreSeattle, WA +5
$184,900–$287,700
PwC (US)Integrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Manager
Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSeattle, WA +58Hybrid
$99,000–$232,000
$166,000–$220,000
AccentureLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +39 moreSeattle, WA +40
$80,400–$316,300
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSeattle, WA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$85,000–$150,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Mountain View, CA · +4 moreSeattle, WA +5
$175,100–$247,600
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +40 moreSeattle, WA +41
$62,800–$218,800
72 of 85 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area with significant travel pay?
84 of 85 postings state a pay range. The median is $208,000, and half of them sit between $179,000 and $215,000, from 17 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area with significant travel require?
Of 85 postings, 63 state a minimum number of years, from 12 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 46 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (14) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area with significant travel?
These 85 postings come from 17 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (37), Accenture (17), Anduril (5), OpenAI (4) and Salesforce (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area with significant travel remote?
2 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 16 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 63 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 85 of the 85 postings.
Counted over the 85 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings