> 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. # Microsoft FDE salary: compare posted ranges by level and role Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/microsoft Median salary $190,000 a year across 10 jobs. See what Microsoft FDE postings pay and how the employer states the range. **10** postings · **1** company · median **$190,000**, half $190,000–$224,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 Published September 21, 2026 · Updated November 3, 2026 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Principal Software Engineer - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0c24d2a3db887b4) US · city not listed 2mo ago $142,800–$304,200 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Senior Data Scientist - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/665a0c7084875edf) US · city not listed 2mo ago $119,800–$261,000 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Senior Software Engineer - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7379521426b0cb11) US · city not listed 2mo ago $119,800–$261,000 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Data Science - Forward Deployed Engineer: PhD Internship Opportunities](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0c06d52863f9673) Redmond, WA 2w ago $81,720–$161,760 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Principal Data Scientist - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d348f59a7b18874) US · city not listed 2mo ago $142,800–$304,200 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Software Engineering IC6](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b55a90b319780289) US · city not listed New · 4d ago $165,600–$331,200 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bc0579bcfbc6e81b) US · city not listed 2w ago $119,800–$261,000 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Technical Program Manager II / FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad64efa4a849e258) Redmond, WA 4w ago $102,100–$202,200 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf09a83a2196432f) US · city not listed 2mo ago $142,800–$304,200 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Technical Program Manager - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67a1dee011f65728) US · city not listed 2mo ago $119,800–$261,000 7 of 10 build what the customer runs. [View current jobs at Microsoft →](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) See what Microsoft FDE postings pay and how the employer states the range. Microsoft posts one range per role that covers several locations, with a higher top for the most expensive metros, so the width of a range is a location effect, not a level effect. Employer postings · Calculated from posted salary amounts · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related reading - [How to compare FDE job offers](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-offers) ## Related salary guides - [Anthropic FDE salary: posted compensation ranges and examples](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/anthropic) - [OpenAI FDE salary: posted ranges and examples](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/openai) - [Palantir FDE salary: posted ranges and examples](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/palantir) - [Scale AI FDE salary: posted ranges and examples](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/scale-ai) - [Amazon and AWS FDE salary: base pay by role and location](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/amazon-incl-aws) - [Databricks FDE salary: salary or OTE depending on the role](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/databricks) - [Google FDE salary: posted pay and role examples](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/google)