DatadogDeployment team leadership
Datadog for Startups - Forward Deployed Engineering Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$250,000
FDE jobs across the US
1,612 postings from 619 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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GoviniDeployment team leadership
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
ZiplineInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Operations
South San Francisco, CAOn-site
$112,500–$300,000
$115,000–$155,000
Pay not posted
$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
Pay not posted
ReductoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
$150,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
TENEX.AIDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 moreScottsdale, AZ +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$190,000–$240,000 · OTE
$147,900–$293,250
$266,000–$445,000
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$180,000–$230,000
$116,500–$158,000
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$215,000–$275,000
$70,000–$300,000
$152,000–$192,000
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$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
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,256 of 1,612 postings state a pay range. The median is $194,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, across 464 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,612 postings, 624 state a minimum number of years, from 335 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 331 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (212) or under 3 years (81).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,612 postings come from 619 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (53), Amazon (incl AWS) (43), Accenture (37), Anduril (35) and Deloitte US (32).
Are FDE jobs remote?
293 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 426 are hybrid and 416 are on-site. The remaining 477 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 633 of the 1,612 postings.
Counted over the 1,612 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 693 jobs · 289 companies · 693
- 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 · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- 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
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FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1092 jobs · 385 companies · 1092
- Internal deployment & tooling · 404 jobs · 257 companies · 404
- 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 · 1087 jobs · 493 companies · 1087
- Technical lead · 992 jobs · 407 companies · 992
- People manager · 108 jobs · 80 companies · 108
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 674 jobs · 142 companies · 674
- 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 · 1719 jobs · 639 companies · 1719
- 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 · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
- Ongoing operations · 1666 jobs · 631 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 808 jobs · 345 companies · 808
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1686 jobs · 531 companies · 1686
- 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