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FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept with significant travel
293 postings · 108 companies · 240 state pay: median $205,000, half $173,000–$231,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$168,100–$261,500
$134,500–$265,100
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$316,300
$185,000–$300,000
$119,800–$261,000
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Chicago, IL · Columbus, OH · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Hybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$165,000–$185,000
$134,500–$265,100
$115,000–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
$189,000–$330,000
$134,500–$265,100
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
Mclean, VA · Chicago, IL · +8 moreMclean, VA +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
Fidelity National Information Services
Forward Deployed Engineer
Jacksonville, FL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreJacksonville, FL +3Remote
$179,470–$305,100
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$134,500–$265,100
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$165,000–$350,000
$175,000–$235,000
$189,200–$372,900
$136,000–$216,000
$140,000–$200,000
$200,000–$400,000
$189,200–$372,900
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$140,000–$200,000
$220,000–$239,000
$91,100–$175,100
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
$220,000–$239,000
$134,500–$265,100
AI/ML Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$180,000–$233,000
Pay not posted
$155,600–$306,800
$170,000–$225,000
195 of 293 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept with significant travel pay?
240 of 293 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $231,000, from 76 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept with significant travel require?
Of 293 postings, 203 state a minimum number of years, from 80 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 114 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (58), under 3 years (18) or 10 or more years (13).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept with significant travel?
These 293 postings come from 108 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (62), Accenture (22), Amazon (incl AWS) (21), OpenAI (17) and Databricks (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept with significant travel remote?
74 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 69 are hybrid and 32 are on-site. The remaining 118 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 293 of the 293 postings.
Counted over the 293 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings