$150,000–$220,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
3,325 postings · 1,381 companies · 2,430 state pay: median $190,000, half $160,000–$225,000
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$150,000–$180,000
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - US Government
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
$110,000–$170,000
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Internship - US Government
Honolulu, HIOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - US Government
Honolulu, HIOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
ZscalerBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Staff Applied AI Engineer, GTM
Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote
$180,000–$225,000
$80,300–$190,000
$150,000–$225,000
Walmart Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
(USA) Senior, Data Scientist - Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Bentonville, ARSunnyvale, CA +1
$90,000–$234,000
$85,000–$170,000
$92,000–$131,000
Donaldson Company, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Principal AI Solution Developer
Bloomington, MNHybrid
$111,840–$139,800
$131,243–$196,865
$130,000–$163,000
$115,000–$150,000
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer
Nashville, TN
$170,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
AI Engineer – Startups & Partnerships
Jersey City, NJ
$142,320–$213,480
$135,000–$160,000
Seeq CorporationBuilds for teams inside the company
Customer Support Operations Intelligence Engineer
USRemote
$110,000–$155,000
TrueNASBuilds for teams inside the company
DevOps Engineer III, AI & Business Automation
Campbell, CARemote
$125,000–$150,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Lead Agentic AI Engineer – Vice President
Irving, TXHybrid
$125,760–$188,640
Up to $135,000
$150,000–$200,000
$137,200–$206,600
General Dynamics Mission SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Platform & Applications Engineer
Chantilly, VAHybrid
$132,930–$143,835
SK Life Science, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Solutions Engineer, Business Transformation
Paramus, NJOn-site
$135,000–$160,000
$200,000–$322,000
Susquehanna International GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer – AI Tools | Data Engineering | Experienced Hire
US · city not listedOn-site
$225,000–$250,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer GEN AI, Assistant Vice President
Irving, TX
$107,120–$160,680
$167,000–$230,000
$180,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
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1,839 of 3,325 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
2,430 of 3,325 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, from 922 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 3,325 postings, 1,879 state a minimum number of years, from 931 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 961 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (550), under 3 years (240) or 10 or more years (128).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 3,325 postings come from 1,381 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (79), Databricks (77), Palantir (75), Amazon (incl AWS) (72) and Accenture (47).
Are FDE jobs remote?
691 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 802 are hybrid and 859 are on-site. The remaining 973 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,340 of the 3,325 postings.
Counted over the 3,325 postings in this search. Postings read on October 27, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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