$150,000–$185,000
Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US
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3,311 postings · 1,373 companies · 2,431 with pay · median $193,000 · middle half $162,000–$225,000 · read
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SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Sprinter HealthBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Enablement Engineer (Senior / Staff)
San Francisco, CA · Menlo Park, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$260,000
$200,000–$247,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Mcgregor, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Relativity SpaceBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CAOn-site
$154,000–$230,000
$156,000–$224,200
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Starbase, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$140,000–$180,000
$200,000–$250,000
PerplexityBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products)
San Francisco, CA
$220,000–$405,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Bastrop, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
CrunchyrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Solutions Engineer, AI Enablement
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$183,400–$229,200
$251,000–$335,000
Danaher CorporationBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Legal - USA Remote
USRemote
$185,000–$200,000
ComposioBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise Product
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
SunoBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Leverage
Boston, MAOn-site
$228,960–$363,510
$220,000–$292,000
$150,000–$225,000
ClickUpBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Internally Deployed Products
USRemote
$160,000–$210,000
Ro (Modern Fertility)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Engineer, Applied AI
New York, NYHybrid
$190,800–$234,500
Pay not posted
$161,000–$212,000
Simpson Thacher & BartlettBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$210,000
ArcaBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff, Product Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
Distyl AILeads the deployment team
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$161,000–$212,000
Match GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal, Legal AI Engineering
West Hollywood, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$154,445–$185,334
$227,200–$324,500
$161,000–$212,000
True AnomalyBuilds for teams inside the company
Platform Engineer, AI (Levels I, II, III)
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$120,000–$235,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$140,000–$215,000
True AnomalyBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$190,000–$285,000
Pay not posted
1,855 of these 3,311 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
2,431 of 3,311 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, from 922 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 3,311 postings, 1,946 state a minimum number of years, from 944 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 1,031 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (542), under 3 years (231) or 10 or more years (142).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 3,311 postings come from 1,373 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (85), Deloitte US (79), Databricks (72), Palantir (70) and OpenAI (53).
Are FDE jobs remote?
699 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 805 are hybrid and 839 are on-site. The remaining 968 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,398 of the 3,311 postings.
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