$133,400–$226,800
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers
171 postings · 109 companies · 143 with pay · median $230,000 · middle half $207,000–$268,000 · read
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$180,000–$240,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
Pay not posted
$197,800–$271,975
$155,000–$225,000
$200,000–$287,500
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
$248,700–$341,250
$145,600–$240,695
Pay not posted
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$183,997–$257,000
$304,000–$437,000
$191,000–$289,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$150,000–$200,000
$264,000–$379,500
$191,000–$289,300
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$199,000–$325,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$125,500–$261,600
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$198,000–$319,000/mo
Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
Pay not posted
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$158,520–$294,360
$124,646–$168,272
Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 moreFrisco, TX +2Hybrid
$137,100–$254,700
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$143,640–$273,000
$175,000–$200,000
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
116 of these 171 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers pay?
143 of 171 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $207,000 and $268,000, from 85 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers require?
Of 171 postings, 151 state a minimum number of years, from 98 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 74 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (41) or 3 to 5 years (36).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers?
These 171 postings come from 109 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (15), Deloitte US (8), Accenture (5), Robots & Pencils (5) and ServiceNow (5).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers remote?
37 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 50 are hybrid and 24 are on-site. The remaining 60 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 90 of the 171 postings.
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Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings