Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$150,000–$220,000
FDE jobs · Ongoing operations
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1,781 postings · 793 companies · median $193,000 · middle half $162,000–$225,000 · read
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$190,000–$238,000
$166,900–$278,100
$170,000–$225,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreBoston, MA +3
$143,700–$213,800
Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
Austin, TX · San Francisco, CAAustin, TX +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
$134,700–$202,200
$201,300–$352,300
$168,100–$261,500
$170,000–$210,000
$154,975–$192,553
$190,000–$210,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$199,000–$325,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$125,500–$261,600
$160,000–$220,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Up to $150,000
$160,000–$265,000
$180,000–$250,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$120,000–$210,000
$180,000–$240,000
$140,000–$220,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$200,000–$240,000
$111,000–$180,000
$160,000–$225,000
$150,000–$220,000
Up to $185,000
$232,900–$291,100
$198,000–$319,000/mo
$216,750–$263,925
$110,000–$170,000
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
$200,000–$400,000
$130,000–$170,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,781 of 1,781 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, from 793 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,781 postings, 1,089 state a minimum number of years, from 570 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 560 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (329), under 3 years (119) or 10 or more years (81).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,781 postings come from 793 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (59), Palantir (44), Anduril (41), OpenAI (35) and Databricks (30).
Are FDE jobs remote?
319 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 481 are hybrid and 426 are on-site. The remaining 555 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 748 of the 1,781 postings.
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