GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud, Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +10 moreSan Francisco, CA +11
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AccentureProduction engineering
AI Led Forward Deployed Engineer | Design & Digital Products
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +26 moreNew York, NY +27
$54,400–$205,800
CapgeminiProduction engineering
Capgemini Invent - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Consultant
San Francisco, CA · Dallas, TX · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$112,600–$212,700
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +22 moreChicago, IL +23
$207,000–$300,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$130,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
SalesforceProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$130,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
BCGProduction engineering
(Senior) Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Seattle, WA
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +6 moreJersey City, NJ +7
$153,600–$239,000
$118,000–$176,000
EYProduction engineering
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - AI/ML Engineer - Sr Associate/Consultant
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +12 moreNew York, NY +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
BainProduction engineering
Lead, AI Engineering
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +8 moreAtlanta, GA +9Hybrid
$179,500–$203,500
GoogleProduction engineering
Senior Agent Engineer, Google Cloud, Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WASunnyvale, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
MetaProduction engineering
Business Engineer, Business Agents
Menlo Park, CA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreMenlo Park, CA +3
$149,000–$210,000
EYProduction engineering
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +12 moreNew York, NY +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
Pay not posted
GoogleProduction engineering
Staff Applied AI Agent Developer
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$207,000–$300,000
MetaProduction engineering
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$130,000–$185,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
NCX Senior Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
WriterProduction engineering
AI deployment engineer (West)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$131,800–$185,000
Red Cell PartnersProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
$191,000–$253,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +8 moreJersey City, NJ +9
$131,300–$204,300
WriterProduction engineering
AI deployment engineer (East)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$146,400–$185,000
SalesforceProduction engineering
Sr. Enterprise Architect, Agentforce Supply Chain
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1
$150,100–$247,900
$191,000–$253,000
$140,000–$180,000
$166,000–$220,000
$166,000–$253,000
SalesforceDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Consultant / Senior Consultant
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$117,200–$246,000
$115,520–$198,360
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
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What do FDE jobs pay?
64 of 71 postings state a pay range. The median is $186,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $216,000, across 29 companies.
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 71 postings come from 33 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (14), Google (6), Anduril (5), Salesforce (5) and Istari Digital (3).
Are FDE jobs remote?
5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 13 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 48 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 31 of the 71 postings.
Counted over the 71 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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