Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
FDE jobs that build what the customer runs with hybrid work
434 postings · 222 companies · 339 state pay: median $190,000, half $160,000–$230,000
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$180,000–$300,000
$150,000–$190,000
Meridian: Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (Senior / Suitland, MD / Hybrid) [TS/SCI]
Suitland, MDHybrid
Pay not posted
$221,000–$275,000
$155,000–$175,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineer - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +3 moreColumbus, OH +4Hybrid
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$82,082–$193,440
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
$140,000–$180,000
$137,160–$228,480
$88,544–$207,401
Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 moreFrisco, TX +2Hybrid
$137,100–$254,700
$143,640–$273,000
$158,520–$294,360
$150,000–$180,000
$150,000–$250,000
$100,000–$160,000
$206,600–$229,000
$120,000–$150,000
$185,000–$300,000
$100,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$162,000–$207,000
Pay not posted
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$300,000
$120,000–$200,000
$162,000–$207,000
$150,000–$180,000
$194,000–$266,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$230,000
$200,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$140,000–$170,000
$185,000–$300,000
All 434 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs with hybrid work pay?
339 of 434 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $230,000, from 161 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs with hybrid work require?
Of 434 postings, 278 state a minimum number of years, from 161 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 157 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (71), under 3 years (38) or 10 or more years (12).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs with hybrid work?
These 434 postings come from 222 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (28), Capgemini (13), Palantir (11), CapTech Consulting (10) and Accenture (9).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs with hybrid work remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 434 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 220 of the 434 postings.
Counted over the 434 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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