> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Junior FDE salary Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/junior Median salary $135,000 a year across 25 jobs. See what junior FDE postings pay and decide whether the label fits your experience. **40** postings · **30** companies · **25** with pay · median **$135,000** · middle half $115,000–$164,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 ## These postings against the US The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings. $193K These postings Middle half $115,000 to $164,000, median $135,000. 25 postings [All US postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) Middle half $160,000 to $225,000, median $193,000. - [2,436 postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) [Legora](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/legora) ### [Junior/Mid-level Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/81b4f3c6b03815e4) New York, NY On-site 4w ago $175,100–$245,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Junior Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/794a8e67b95c2126) Arlington, VA 6w ago $72,600–$132,100 [SalesPatriot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salespatriot) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82c1c50f87111b84) San Francisco, CA · Miami, FL · +1 more On-site 5mo ago $150,000–$220,000 [Faros](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/faros) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db18836cbb99a2a1) Redwood City, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $100,000–$150,000 [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Federal, New Grad 2027](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9c92bf5c3f31ac0) Tysons, VA 2w ago $120,000–$150,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Internship, Campus, United States - BCG X](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9a12ae707b7c0db) Boston, MA · New York, NY · +2 more On-site 3w ago $155,000–$200,000 [Domino Data Lab](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/domino-data-lab) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Intern - Campus Recruiting 2027](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78e1413c3c8dace3) New York, NY Remote 2mo ago $50–$55 an hour [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Experienced Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/339d2175a094f187) New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 more 2mo ago $63,000–$153,000 [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, New Grad 2027](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed2385b3c6f7f994) Redwood City, CA 7w ago $120,000–$150,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bffff1e6db75bc0a) Chicago, IL On-site 4mo ago $120,000 [Visionist, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/visionist-inc) ### [Junior Software Engineer (AI Focus)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f665293e3dbb960) Columbia, MD 2w ago $115,000–$185,000 [Credence Management Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credence-management-solutions) ### [AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa4a8406d1cb7d50) Tysons, VA 2w ago $120,000–$150,000 12 of these 25 jobs build what the customer runs. Junior here means the posting describes guided, junior-level responsibility. It is not the same as new graduate, and it is not the employer's title: a posting titled “engineer” with guided scope sits here, and a “junior” title with independent delivery does not. Employer postings · Calculated from posted salary amounts · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related reading - [Junior FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/junior) - [How to compare FDE job offers](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-offers) ## Related salary guides - [Mid-level FDE salary](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/mid-level) - [Senior FDE salary](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/senior) - [Staff FDE salary](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/staff)