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FDE jobs across the US
1,405 postings from 494 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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1,405 jobs
Defense UnicornsProduction engineering
FDE Data Engineer- Space (FedD141/FedD147)
Colorado Springs, CO · Cape Canaveral, FL · +2 more · US remoteColorado Springs, CO +3 · US remoteRemote
$123,250–$166,750
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$140,000–$240,000
Defense UnicornsProduction engineering
Senior FDE Data Engineer (FedD140/FedD148)
Colorado Springs, CO · Cape Canaveral, FL · +2 more · US remoteColorado Springs, CO +3 · US remoteRemote
$148,750–$201,250
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Modernization (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
$155,000–$190,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Intel, US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
OpenAI Deployment CompanyProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial
New York, NYOn-site
$120,000
$170,000–$250,000 · OTE
$175,000–$300,000
$100,000–$190,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Defense Tech
Washington, DCOn-site
$120,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
CapeProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal
Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +1 moreArlington, VA +2Hybrid
$175,000–$235,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
New York, NYOn-site
$120,000
$120,000–$158,000
$179,500–$224,300
Periodic LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$120,000
C3.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal
Redwood City, CA · Tysons, VARedwood City, CA +1
$120,000–$158,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$165,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
C3.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (Atlanta, Houston)
Atlanta, GA · Houston, TXAtlanta, GA +1
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
$131,100–$211,400
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Inception LabsProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed AI Engineer
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government
New York, NYOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
AdobeProduction engineering
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Creative AI
San Jose, CA · New York, NYSan Jose, CA +1
$159,200–$301,600
SnowflakeProduction engineering
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,073 of 1,405 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 356 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,405 postings, 374 state a minimum number of years, from 219 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 301 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (73).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,405 postings come from 494 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (54), Amazon (incl AWS) (51), Palantir (51), Databricks (40) and Booz Allen (36).
Are FDE jobs remote?
244 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 352 are hybrid and 369 are on-site. The remaining 440 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 639 of the 1,405 postings.
Counted over the 1,405 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 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 · 693 jobs · 289 companies · 693
- New York metro · 604 jobs · 265 companies · 604
- Washington, DC area · 305 jobs · 77 companies · 305
- Seattle area · 155 jobs · 54 companies · 155
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 34 companies · 125
- Austin · 120 jobs · 52 companies · 120
- Boston area · 109 jobs · 46 companies · 109
- Atlanta · 94 jobs · 34 companies · 94
- Denver–Boulder · 80 jobs · 22 companies · 80
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 47 jobs · 12 companies · 47
- 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 · 24 jobs · 5 companies · 24
- Portland · 24 jobs · 5 companies · 24
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1093 jobs · 385 companies · 1093
- Internal deployment & tooling · 401 jobs · 255 companies · 401
- Implementation & delivery · 366 jobs · 211 companies · 366
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 104 jobs · 71 companies · 104
- Technical pre-sales · 43 jobs · 26 companies · 43
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1094 jobs · 495 companies · 1094
- Technical lead · 983 jobs · 404 companies · 983
- People manager · 107 jobs · 79 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 600 jobs · 124 companies · 600
- Later private · 545 jobs · 160 companies · 545
- Growth (Series B–C) · 349 jobs · 146 companies · 349
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 108 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 55 jobs · 28 companies · 55
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1699 jobs · 631 companies · 1699
- Configuration / integration · 261 jobs · 162 companies · 261
- Prototypes / scripts · 100 jobs · 63 companies · 100
- No coding · 65 jobs · 45 companies · 65
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2128 jobs · 715 companies · 2128
- Ongoing operations · 1651 jobs · 627 companies · 1651
- Proof of concept · 800 jobs · 343 companies · 800
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 614 jobs · 267 companies · 614
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1671 jobs · 527 companies · 1671
- Internal teams · 338 jobs · 225 companies · 338
- Both · 162 jobs · 109 companies · 162
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 454 jobs · 140 companies · 454