Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI
Menlo Park, CA
$200,000–$287,500
View job →FDE jobs at Snowflake
Cloud-native data platform letting enterprises run analytics, AI/ML, and apps on governed data across AWS, Azure, and GCP without moving it.
Public · About 5,000+ people
8 postings, 4 new in the last 30 days2 metrosmedian posted base $239,000Careers at Snowflake ↗read
8 open FDE roles at Snowflake
Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier Engineering
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$304,000–$437,000
View job →Principal Forward Deployed Engineer I, Frontier Engineering
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$264,000–$379,500
View job →Staff Applied AI Engineer (FDE)
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
View job →Leads the deployment team
Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)
Menlo Park, CA
$236,000–$339,200
View job →Show 3 more titles (3 postings)
$160,000–$210,000
View job →$196,000–$257,200
View job →$156,000–$224,200
View job →4 of 8 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 Snowflake describes FDE work
Mention travel
How often postings mention travel
50% of postings · US 42%
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
88% of postings · US 80%
Above average
Remote allowed
Not enough postings say
Work for external customers
Work done for people outside the company
88% of postings · US 86%
About average
Include pre-sales work
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
13% of postings · US 24%
Below average
0%50%100%
Snowflake’s postings involve pre-sales less often than the US average (13% vs 24%) and describe production code more often (88% vs 80%).
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 →
Pay at Snowflake
Median posted base $239,000 · US staff-level FDE median $225,000
From 8 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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