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2,434 postings · 926 companies · median $193,000 · middle half $160,000–$225,000 · read
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Dallas, TX · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$76,730–$150,800
$264,000–$379,500
$180,000–$250,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$125,000–$200,000
$175,000–$215,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$120,000–$200,000
$165,000–$190,000
$188,000–$240,000
$135,000–$200,000
$220,000–$270,000
$180,000–$480,000
$155,000–$175,000
$135,000–$200,000
$120,000–$180,000
$110,000–$140,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreBoston, MA +3
$143,700–$213,800
$175,100–$245,000
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$150,000–$220,000
$150,000–$200,000
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$250,000
$190,000–$238,000
$110,000–$137,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$166,900–$278,100
Forward Deployed Engineer, Kaggle, DeepMind (Fixed-Term Contract)
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$232,000
$152,152–$205,405
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$134,700–$202,200
$170,000–$225,000
Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
Austin, TX · San Francisco, CAAustin, TX +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$201,300–$352,300
$133,400–$226,800
$170,000–$210,000
1,341 of these 2,434 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
2,434 of 2,434 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, from 926 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 2,434 postings, 1,461 state a minimum number of years, from 660 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 743 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (445), under 3 years (159) or 10 or more years (114).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 2,434 postings come from 926 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (81), Deloitte US (74), Databricks (73), Palantir (65) and OpenAI (53).
Are FDE jobs remote?
424 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 636 are hybrid and 550 are on-site. The remaining 824 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,061 of the 2,434 postings.
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