$200,000–$250,000
FDE jobs that build what the customer runs
1,847 postings · 855 companies · 1,337 state pay: median $198,000, half $163,000–$225,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
Pay not posted
$77,600–$176,000
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Customer Facing
Holtsville, NY · Lincolnshire, ILHoltsville, NY +1Hybrid
$96,800–$145,200
$130,000–$210,000
$180,000–$300,000
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
$215,000–$241,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$180,000–$300,000
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - DC Metro
Mclean, VAHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
$184,000–$356,500
$191,475–$260,830
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - Chicago
Chicago, ILHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$160,000–$180,000
$200,000–$375,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$248,700–$341,250
$165,000–$220,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$115,000–$192,900
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering, Prisma AIRS)
CA, TX, NYOn-site
$156,400–$253,000
$280,000–$320,000
$150,000–$200,000
$150,000–$225,000
$145,000–$250,000
$130,600–$147,000
$120,000–$200,000
$170,000–$210,000
All 1,847 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs pay?
1,337 of 1,847 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 558 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs require?
Of 1,847 postings, 1,065 state a minimum number of years, from 544 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 579 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (305), under 3 years (125) or 10 or more years (56).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs?
These 1,847 postings come from 855 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (60), Databricks (59), Amazon (incl AWS) (42), Palantir (40) and Accenture (39).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs remote?
393 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 434 are hybrid and 471 are on-site. The remaining 549 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 895 of the 1,847 postings.
Counted over the 1,847 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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