DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
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PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
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$110,000–$147,000
Hyperbolic LabsImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - Eastern US
USRemote
Pay not posted
$90,000–$225,000
$200,000–$275,000
PalantirImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$90,000–$150,000
$153,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
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
Pay not posted
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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Pay not posted
$140,000–$250,000
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Pay not posted
$121,000–$186,000
$165,000–$235,000
$135,000–$175,000
Pay not posted
GroundswellImplementation & delivery
Applied Data Scientist, AI Data Platforms
Mclean, VA · Washington, DCMclean, VA +1Remote
$103,307–$178,090
$171,200–$256,800 · OTE
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
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What do FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations pay?
1,301 of 1,666 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $230,000, across 474 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations require?
Of 1,666 postings, 677 state a minimum number of years, from 351 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 331 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (215), under 3 years (81) or 10 or more years (50).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations?
These 1,666 postings come from 632 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (53), Amazon (incl AWS) (46), Accenture (39), Deloitte US (36) and Anduril (35).
Are FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations remote?
305 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 442 are hybrid and 423 are on-site. The remaining 496 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 656 of the 1,666 postings.
Counted over the 1,666 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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