$112,600–$212,700
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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3,311 postings · 1,375 companies · 2,430 with pay · median $193,000 · middle half $160,000–$225,000 · read
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Senior Legal Engineer, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 moreFrisco, TX +8Hybrid
$102,200–$218,600
Pay not posted
$225,000–$250,000
Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer (React+Node)
Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 moreWaltham, MA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$140,000–$180,000
$185,000–$300,000
$140,000–$220,000
$130,000–$215,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
$133,400–$226,800
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 moreFrisco, TX +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$180,000–$250,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4On-site
$143,700–$223,600
$185,000–$300,000
$210,000–$270,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$136,948–$167,380
$185,000–$300,000
$158,000–$210,000
$192,000–$455,000
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$185,000–$300,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$143,700–$213,800
$150,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$220,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$150,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer (Patuxent River, MD / Mid-level)
US · city not listedOn-site
Pay not posted
$175,000–$220,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$207,000–$300,000
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$135,000–$175,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$143,700–$194,400
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
2,430 of 3,311 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, from 926 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 3,311 postings, 1,937 state a minimum number of years, from 945 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 1,015 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (554), under 3 years (232) or 10 or more years (136).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 3,311 postings come from 1,375 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (81), Deloitte US (79), Databricks (73), Palantir (70) and OpenAI (53).
Are FDE jobs remote?
696 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 806 are hybrid and 829 are on-site. The remaining 980 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,380 of the 3,311 postings.
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