Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
$160,000–$270,000
View job →FDE jobs at Glean
Work AI platform connecting and understanding enterprise data to provide secure, permissions-aware answers and automate work through search, assistant, and agents.
Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people
5 postings3 metrosmedian posted base $215,000Careers at Glean ↗read
5 open FDE roles at Glean
$160,000–$270,000
View job →Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CAHybrid
$160,000–$270,000
View job →$200,000–$250,000
View job →$170,000–$240,000 · OTE
View job →3 of 5 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it.
Compare these roles with pay ranges at other US FDE employers.
How Glean describes FDE work
Mention travel
How often postings mention travel
80% of postings · US 42%
Well above 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
100% of postings · US 80%
Well above average
Remote allowed
Postings that allow remote work
40% of postings · US 30%
Above average
Work for external customers
Work done for people outside the company
100% of postings · US 86%
Above average
Include pre-sales work
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
20% of postings · US 24%
About average
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Glean’s postings mention travel far more often than the US average (80% vs 42%) and describe production code more often (100% vs 80%).
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Pay at Glean
Median posted base $215,000 · US senior FDE median $190,000
From 5 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. See how posted pay differs by level, location and travel →
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