Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers
282 postings · 174 companies · 235 with pay · median $230,000 · middle half $205,000–$270,000 · read
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Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
$158,520–$294,360
$124,646–$168,272
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 moreFrisco, TX +2Hybrid
$137,100–$254,700
$143,640–$273,000
$97,860–$316,750
$175,000–$200,000
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$200,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
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$194,000–$266,000
Pay not posted
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$142,800–$304,200
$153,000–$376,000
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$270,000
$250,000–$315,000
$177,375–$209,625
$180,000–$240,000
$168,912–$253,368
$300,000–$350,000
$240,000–$300,000
Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$168,100–$250,200
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$270,000
$310,000–$350,000
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$220,000–$239,000
Pay not posted
$240,000–$290,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
$200,000–$225,000
173 of these 282 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers pay?
235 of 282 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $205,000 and $270,000, from 139 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require?
Of 282 postings, 198 state a minimum number of years, from 129 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 98 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (53) or 3 to 5 years (47).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers?
These 282 postings come from 174 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (16), Deloitte US (9), CapTech Consulting (8), OpenAI (7) and Accenture (6).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote?
59 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 90 are hybrid and 44 are on-site. The remaining 89 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 135 of the 282 postings.
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