AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
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1,866 postings · 785 companies · median $190,000 · middle half $160,000–$220,000 · read
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$180,000–$300,000
OpenAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
$180,200–$252,300
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
$110,000–$200,000
$160,000–$190,000
SnowflakeLeads the deployment team
Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)
Menlo Park, CA
$236,000–$339,200
CitigroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Vice President
New York, NY
$142,320–$213,480
$170,000–$190,000
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$187,100–$300,000
$129,500–$150,500
$102,100–$202,200
AdobeBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Marketing Intelligence & Consumer Insights
San Jose, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 moreSan Jose, CA +2
$109,000–$200,700
Worldwide Clinical TrialsBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Finance-focused (US)
Research Triangle Park, NC · Portland, OR · +6 moreResearch Triangle Park, NC +7Remote
$121,500–$240,500
$145,000–$180,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Fannie MaeBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Associate – Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer
Reston, VAHybrid
$123,000–$161,000
CrunchyrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Enablement
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$183,400–$229,200
CyvlIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$120,000–$195,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
$145,000–$165,000
$150,000–$225,000
Bunkerhill HealthIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Product Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$185,000–$245,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Compute Operations
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
$95,000–$140,000
Schonfeld Strategic AdvisorsBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY
$200,000–$250,000
$100,000–$230,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Morgan StanleyBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer - Vice President
New York, NY
$155,000–$215,000
$175,000–$225,000
$104,000–$210,000
$180,000–$250,000
$90,000–$160,000
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
$130,000–$180,000
$180,000–$320,000
Pure StorageIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx
Santa Clara, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSanta Clara, CA +2On-site
$208,000–$305,000
$150,000–$170,000
CoreWeaveIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Agents
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA +1
$182,000–$242,000
1,092 of these 1,866 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,866 of 1,866 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $220,000, from 785 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,866 postings, 1,093 state a minimum number of years, from 545 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 644 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (294), under 3 years (115) or 10 or more years (40).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,866 postings come from 785 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 453 are on-site. The remaining 618 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 841 of the 1,866 postings.
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