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FDE jobs across the US
1,902 postings from 665 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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$152,000–$192,000
$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
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$99,000–$225,000
$190,000–$240,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$153,000–$200,000
$180,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
WonderschoolInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI
Gallup, NM · San Francisco, CAGallup, NM +1On-site
Pay not posted
$150,000–$180,000
HiveWatchImplementation & delivery
Physical Security Systems Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Dallas, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$180,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$150,000
BrexInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Agent Builder
New York, NYHybrid
$152,000–$240,000
$140,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
BrexInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Agent Builder
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$152,000–$240,000
$110,000–$170,000
$145,200–$217,800
$130,000–$190,000
$150,000–$240,000
$110,000–$170,000
$70,000–$300,000
CloudflareImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Austin, TX · Dallas, TX · +2 moreAustin, TX +3Hybrid
$184,000–$253,000
$140,000–$200,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$170,000–$280,000 · OTE
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
$160,000–$180,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$185,000–$235,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,490 of 1,902 postings state a pay range. The median is $196,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $228,000, across 497 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,902 postings, 776 state a minimum number of years, from 379 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 369 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (262), under 3 years (94) or 10 or more years (51).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,902 postings come from 665 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (69), Palantir (65), Amazon (incl AWS) (63), OpenAI (41) and Booz Allen (39).
Are FDE jobs remote?
351 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 500 are hybrid and 464 are on-site. The remaining 587 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 734 of the 1,902 postings.
Counted over the 1,902 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Browse jobs by location and work
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 692 jobs · 289 companies · 692
- 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
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 35 companies · 125
- 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 · 45 jobs · 17 companies · 45
- 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
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
- Internal deployment & tooling · 403 jobs · 256 companies · 403
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- 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 · 1090 jobs · 494 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 990 jobs · 405 companies · 990
- People manager · 107 jobs · 80 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 672 jobs · 142 companies · 672
- Growth (Series B–C) · 353 jobs · 160 companies · 353
- 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 · 1718 jobs · 639 companies · 1718
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- 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 · 632 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1688 jobs · 531 companies · 1688
- Internal teams · 342 jobs · 229 companies · 342
- 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