PalantirImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$90,000–$150,000
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SiftImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · San Francisco, CAMarina Del Rey, CA +1Hybrid
$125,000–$175,000
$180,000–$320,000
$185,000–$225,000
$140,000–$200,000
$180,000–$230,000
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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
$125,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
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$140,000–$250,000
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$165,000–$235,000
$135,000–$175,000
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GroundswellImplementation & delivery
Applied Data Scientist, AI Data Platforms
Mclean, VA · Washington, DCMclean, VA +1Remote
$103,307–$178,090
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
$210,000–$220,000
AndurilImplementation & delivery
Deployment Engineer
Broomfield, CO · Fort Collins, COBroomfield, CO +1
$126,000–$167,000
$73,150–$174,000
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
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$200,000–$250,000
$179,982–$224,978
SierraDeployment strategy
Strategist, Agent Development - Tech, Media & Telecom
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$290,000
Pay not posted
$105,400–$207,800
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,163 of 1,506 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $229,000, across 435 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,506 postings, 609 state a minimum number of years, from 322 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 297 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (194), under 3 years (77) or 10 or more years (41).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,506 postings come from 583 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (53), Amazon (incl AWS) (47), Anduril (35), OpenAI (33) and Booz Allen (28).
Are FDE jobs remote?
284 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 399 are hybrid and 393 are on-site. The remaining 430 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 557 of the 1,506 postings.
Counted over the 1,506 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- SF Bay Area · 695 jobs · 290 companies · 695
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- Production engineering · 1093 jobs · 386 companies · 1093
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- Individual contributor · 1091 jobs · 496 companies · 1091
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- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 676 jobs · 143 companies · 676
- Growth (Series B–C) · 355 jobs · 161 companies · 355
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
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- Production code · 1724 jobs · 640 companies · 1724
- 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 · 2153 jobs · 723 companies · 2153
- Ongoing operations · 1671 jobs · 632 companies · 1671
- Proof of concept · 811 jobs · 347 companies · 811
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
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- External customers · 1690 jobs · 531 companies · 1690
- Internal teams · 345 jobs · 231 companies · 345
- 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