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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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CrestaBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Engineer, GTM

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid

$150,000–$230,000

SierraBuilds for teams inside the company

GTM Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

$150,000–$230,000

1,855 of these 3,311 jobs build what the customer runs.

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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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