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Forward Deployed Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 362 live Forward Deployed Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
362
Employers
233
Remote
21%
Typical pay
$140k–258k
Verified live (7d)
360

Pay is advertised by 70% of these postings (255 of 362 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$150k39
3–5 years$160k68
6–9 years$182k81

What skills do forward deployed engineer jobs ask for?

Across 331 forward deployed engineer postings that named at least one skill

Python is named by 73% of the 331 forward deployed engineer postings that name any skill. Amazon Web Services follows at 46%.

  • Python73%
  • Amazon Web Services46%
  • Large Language Models44%
  • TypeScript43%
  • Google Cloud Platform33%
  • Microsoft Azure31%
  • JavaScript29%
  • Databricks23%
  • Apache Spark18%
  • Scala17%

How much experience do forward deployed engineer jobs ask for?

Minimum years named in the posting · 258 postings stated one

3–5 years is the most common minimum, named by 42% of the 258 forward deployed engineer postings that state one.

0–2 years
20%
3–5 years
42%
6–9 years
36%
10+ years
2.7%

Are forward deployed engineer jobs remote?

Where the work is done · 255 postings stated one

27% of the 255 forward deployed engineer postings that say where the work happens are remote, against 35% hybrid and 38% on-site.

Remote
27%
Hybrid
35%
On-site
38%

Employers hiring for this

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