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CyvlIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$120,000–$195,000
$140,000–$170,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Compute Operations
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
$175,000–$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
Flow EngineeringLeads the deployment team
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$240,000–$300,000
$230,000–$294,000
$150,000–$225,000
$250,000–$315,000
$95,000–$140,000
$300,000–$360,000
$240,000–$315,000
$175,000–$225,000
$180,000–$250,000
The Carlyle GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Product Engineer
Washington, DCOn-site
$210,000–$220,000
$210,000–$300,000
$90,000–$160,000
$180,000–$250,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
$180,000–$320,000
SalesforceIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Data 360
New York, NY · Chicago, IL · +9 moreNew York, NY +10
$88,970–$316,750
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
$115,000–$200,000
LumbraLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Arlington, VAOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
$150,000–$170,000
$150,000–$200,000
$115,000–$200,000
$105,700–$132,100
$154,000–$175,000
EudiaPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Engineer - Eudia for Government
Washington, DCRemote
$160,000–$200,000
$160,000–$200,000
$215,000–$285,000
$220,000–$260,000
ReductoIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
$180,000–$230,000
Together AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Strategic Inference
San Francisco, CA
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
1,224 of these 1,835 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,835 of 1,835 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 685 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,835 postings, 1,067 state a minimum number of years, from 467 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 558 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (318), under 3 years (117) or 10 or more years (74).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,835 postings come from 685 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (68), Amazon (incl AWS) (63), Palantir (53) and OpenAI (45).
Are FDE jobs remote?
311 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 481 are hybrid and 454 are on-site. The remaining 589 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 933 of the 1,835 postings.
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