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2,430 postings · 926 companies · 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
$225,000–$250,000
$140,000–$180,000
$185,000–$300,000
$140,000–$220,000
$130,000–$215,000
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
$185,000–$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
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
$185,000–$300,000
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
$180,000–$220,000
$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
$150,000–$200,000
$207,000–$300,000
$135,000–$175,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$195,000–$225,000
$150,000–$275,000
$114,000–$192,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$143,700–$194,400
Senior Consultant CPM (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreAtlanta, GA +2Hybrid
$95,000–$140,000
$140,000–$170,000
$185,000–$215,000
$180,000–$240,000
$150,000–$240,000
1,337 of these 2,430 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
2,430 of 2,430 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 2,430 postings, 1,454 state a minimum number of years, from 661 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 736 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (445), under 3 years (160) or 10 or more years (113).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 2,430 postings come from 926 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (81), Deloitte US (74), Databricks (73), Palantir (65) and OpenAI (53).
Are FDE jobs remote?
423 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 635 are hybrid and 552 are on-site. The remaining 820 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,051 of the 2,430 postings.
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