$150,400–$277,600
View job →FDE jobs at Apple
Designs and sells iPhone, Mac, iPad, Watch, and Vision Pro plus a $100B+ Services layer (App Store, iCloud, Apple Pay, Music, TV+) atop a 2.5B device installed base.
Public · About 5,000+ people
8 postings, 2 new in the last 30 days4 metrosmedian posted base $223,000Careers at Apple ↗read
8 open FDE roles at Apple
Forward Deployed Engineer
Cupertino, CA
Pay not posted
View job →Pay not posted
View job →$184,700–$277,600
View job →People AI Enablement Lead
Austin, TX
$149,200–$249,000
View job →Show 3 more titles (3 postings)
Tools and Automations Lead, App Review
Cupertino, CA
Pay not posted
View job →Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)
Cupertino, CA
$194,600–$293,900
View job →GenAI Solutions Architect, Customer Systems
Sunnyvale, CA
Pay not posted
View job →7 of 8 postings build for teams inside the company. Rows that do other work name it.
Compare these roles with pay ranges at other US FDE employers.
How Apple describes FDE work
Mention travel
How often postings mention travel
0% of postings · US 42%
Well below average
Senior or staff level
Senior-level responsibility or above
100% of postings · US 94%
Above average
Require production code
Postings that involve writing production code
50% of postings · US 80%
Well below average
Remote allowed
Not enough postings say
Work for external customers
Work done for people outside the company
25% of postings · US 86%
Well below average
Include pre-sales work
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
0% of postings · US 24%
Well below average
0%50%100%
Apple’s postings serve external customers far less often than the US average (25% vs 86%) and mention travel far less often (0% vs 42%).
Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →
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