$185,000–$300,000
Senior FDE salary
2,529 postings · 1,184 companies · 1,849 with pay · median $190,000 · middle half $160,000–$220,000 · read
These postings against the US
The faint line is the $193K median across all US 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
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 moreFrisco, TX +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$180,000–$250,000
$210,000–$270,000
$185,000–$300,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$136,948–$167,380
$158,000–$210,000
1,077 of these 1,849 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Senior here means the posting describes leading an unclear project through production: customer outcomes, technical decisions and mentoring. The employer's title can differ, so a “Senior” title with narrow scope is not in this group.
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