$185,000–$300,000
FDE jobs in SF Bay Area · Senior
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564 postings · 297 companies · median $210,000 · middle half $177,000–$241,000 · read
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$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
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
San Francisco, CA · Frisco, TX · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
$150,000–$200,000
$180,000–$220,000
$195,000–$225,000
$207,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$260,000
$180,000–$237,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreMountain View, CA +3
$152,000–$221,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$300,000
$240,000–$415,000
$208,600–$312,900
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$130,000–$210,000
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
$180,000–$250,000
$191,475–$260,830
$185,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$200,000–$375,000
$130,600–$147,000
$120,000–$200,000
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
$136,000–$155,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$136,000–$216,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Experienced Associate
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$63,000–$140,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
564 of 564 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $177,000 and $241,000, from 297 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 564 postings, 314 state a minimum number of years, from 190 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 203 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (57), under 3 years (43) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 564 postings come from 297 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (26), NVIDIA (21), Accenture (15), Amazon (incl AWS) (14) and Google (14).
Are FDE jobs remote?
48 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 170 are hybrid and 198 are on-site. The remaining 148 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 206 of the 564 postings.
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