Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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3,315 postings · 1,376 companies · 2,434 with pay · median $193,000 · middle half $160,000–$225,000 · read
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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
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$190,000–$238,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
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$110,000–$137,500
$166,900–$278,100
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
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
$134,700–$202,200
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
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$170,000–$225,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
2,434 of 3,315 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 3,315 postings, 1,945 state a minimum number of years, from 944 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 1,022 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (555), under 3 years (231) or 10 or more years (137).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 3,315 postings come from 1,376 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (81), Deloitte US (79), Databricks (73), Palantir (70) and OpenAI (53).
Are FDE jobs remote?
697 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 807 are hybrid and 829 are on-site. The remaining 982 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,394 of the 3,315 postings.
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