$185,000–$300,000
FDE salary for external-customer work
2,517 postings · 1,034 companies · 1,824 with pay · median $195,000 · middle half $163,000–$225,000 · read
These postings against the US
The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings.
By responsibility level
The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings.
$193K
Junior
$123K$164K21 postingsMid
$121K$168K74 postingsSenior
$162K$223K1,459 postingsStaff+
$205K$270K234 postings
$140,000–$220,000
$130,000–$215,000
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
$185,000–$300,000
$133,400–$226,800
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 moreFrisco, TX +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
$210,000–$270,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$136,948–$167,380
1,213 of these 1,824 jobs build what the customer runs.
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