$142,800–$304,200
FDE jobs · Senior
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1,864 postings · 787 companies · median $190,000 · middle half $160,000–$220,000 · read
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Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$138,800–$434,000
$105,400–$207,800
$159,000–$184,000
$138,000–$160,000
$170,000–$275,000
ConvergeHEALTH - Forward Deployed Engineer, Data Studio-Supply Chain - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
$135,000–$145,000
$138,000–$160,000
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Manager· Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$80,400–$293,800
$155,600–$306,800
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$175,000–$210,000
$155,600–$306,800
$135,000–$145,000
Cyber Identity - FDE Senior Consultant - Senior Engineering Management Specialist
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$155,600–$306,800
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$134,500–$265,100
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$155,600–$306,800
$135,000–$145,000
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$145,000
$135,000–$145,000
$120,000
$120,000
$120,000
$61,900–$141,000
Software Engineer, AI/ML, Technical Delivery, Google Public Sector
Reston, VA · Washington, DCReston, VA +1
$147,000–$210,000
$251,000–$278,000
$140,000–$220,000
$240,000–$290,000
$99,000–$225,000
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise - Healthcare Life Sciences (HLS)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$251,000–$278,000
$140,000–$220,000
Partner Engineer, Payments & Financial Technologies
Menlo Park, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreMenlo Park, CA +2
$149,000–$210,000
$99,000–$225,000
$145,000–$165,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,864 of 1,864 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $220,000, from 787 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,864 postings, 1,088 state a minimum number of years, from 544 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 643 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (294), under 3 years (112) or 10 or more years (39).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,864 postings come from 787 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (68), Deloitte US (63), Amazon (incl AWS) (55), Palantir (52) and OpenAI (45).
Are FDE jobs remote?
321 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 474 are hybrid and 448 are on-site. The remaining 621 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 837 of the 1,864 postings.
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