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The Carlyle GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Client Solutions Group
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$160,000–$190,000
$90,000–$160,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$180,000–$250,000
The Carlyle GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Product Engineer
Washington, DCOn-site
$210,000–$220,000
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
$170,000–$220,000
$130,000–$180,000
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
Ameriprise FinancialBuilds for teams inside the company
Vice President - Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Hybrid
$242,100–$332,900
$115,000–$200,000
$154,000–$175,000
$160,000–$200,000
NovartisBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Data42 (Palantir Foundry)
Cambridge, MAHybrid
$160,300–$297,700
$115,000–$200,000
Re:Build ManufacturingBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listed
$120,223–$180,334
Second Front SystemsIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Implementation Focus
USRemote
$160,000–$190,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
$184,900–$250,200
$215,000–$285,000
$120,000–$200,000
ReductoIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
Together AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Strategic Inference
San Francisco, CA
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
TwentyIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)
Chantilly, VAOn-site
$192,000–$455,000
$150,000–$240,000
$160,000–$180,000
$180,000–$230,000
$180,000–$280,000
$125,000–$200,000
$115,000–$200,000
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
Salesforce Forward Deployed Engineer Lead (Agentforce)
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreNew York, NY +40
$62,800–$218,800
Shermco IndustriesBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$130,000–$140,000
SalesforceLeads the deployment team
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$196,700–$329,210
BOLT FARM TreehouseBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Operator
Whitwell, TNHybrid
$95,000–$120,000
$192,610–$338,994
Shermco IndustriesBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$130,000–$140,000
Method FinancialPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Product Manager
New York, NY · Austin, TX · +2 moreNew York, NY +3Hybrid
$180,000–$220,000
$180,000–$320,000
SiaPlans what the customer deploys first
Consultant / Senior Consultant - Forward-Deployed Business Analyst (Financial Services)
Charlotte, NC · New York, NY · +5 moreCharlotte, NC +6Hybrid
$80,000–$116,000
642 of these 1,150 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,150 of 1,150 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $229,000, from 492 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,150 postings, 793 state a minimum number of years, from 361 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 370 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (307), 10 or more years (76) or under 3 years (40).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,150 postings come from 492 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (67), Databricks (66), Amazon (incl AWS) (46), OpenAI (31) and Accenture (23).
Are FDE jobs remote?
219 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 310 are hybrid and 180 are on-site. The remaining 441 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 559 of the 1,150 postings.
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