$211,800–$291,300
FDE jobs across the US
1,372 postings from 494 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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1,372 jobs
$260,000–$290,000
$150,000–$210,000
$152,000–$246,000
$200,000–$250,000
$190,000–$250,000
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
$115,000–$155,000
$220,000–$260,000
$150,000–$200,000
HightouchTechnical pre-sales
Forward Deployed Product Manager
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$175,000–$230,000
ReductoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
$133,100–$176,400
$150,000–$200,000
$147,900–$293,250
$266,000–$445,000
$236,000–$354,000
$180,000–$230,000
$230,000–$300,000
$125,000–$270,000
$153,090–$218,700
$215,000–$275,000
$70,000–$300,000
$152,000–$192,000
$192,010–$274,300
$190,000–$225,000
BasetenDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$380,000
Together AIImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer (Inference & Post-Training)
San Francisco, CA
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
$99,000–$225,000
$190,000–$240,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$153,000–$200,000
$180,000–$210,000
$209,000–$265,000
$180,000–$240,000
BrexInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Agent Builder
New York, NYHybrid
$152,000–$240,000
$150,000–$180,000
$140,000–$180,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$228,000–$403,200
BrexInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Agent Builder
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$152,000–$240,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,371 of 1,372 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $230,000, across 493 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,372 postings, 587 state a minimum number of years, from 289 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 274 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (215), under 3 years (57) or 10 or more years (41).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,372 postings come from 494 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (58), Booz Allen (38), Anduril (29) and OpenAI (27).
Are FDE jobs remote?
225 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 342 are hybrid and 298 are on-site. The remaining 507 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 431 of the 1,372 postings.
Counted over the 1,372 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Browse jobs by location and work
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 694 jobs · 289 companies · 694
- 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 · 113 jobs · 48 companies · 113
- 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 · 1093 jobs · 386 companies · 1093
- Internal deployment & tooling · 405 jobs · 258 companies · 405
- 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 · 1091 jobs · 495 companies · 1091
- Technical lead · 993 jobs · 407 companies · 993
- People manager · 108 jobs · 80 companies · 108
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 676 jobs · 143 companies · 676
- 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 · 1722 jobs · 639 companies · 1722
- 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 · 2151 jobs · 722 companies · 2151
- Ongoing operations · 1670 jobs · 632 companies · 1670
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1689 jobs · 531 companies · 1689
- 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