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Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US

3,323 postings · 1,384 companies · 2,425 state pay: median $190,000, half $160,000–$225,000

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WaymoBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Enablement Lead

Mountain View, CAHybrid

$200,000–$247,000

Samba TVBuilds for teams inside the company

AI GTM Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Pay not posted

1,842 of 3,323 build what the customer runs.

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

2,425 of 3,323 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, from 920 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 3,323 postings, 1,878 state a minimum number of years, from 934 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 952 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (555), under 3 years (242) or 10 or more years (129).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 3,323 postings come from 1,384 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (79), Databricks (76), Palantir (75), Amazon (incl AWS) (72) and Accenture (47).

Are FDE jobs remote?

694 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 803 are hybrid and 858 are on-site. The remaining 968 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,337 of the 3,323 postings.

Counted over the 3,323 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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