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Forward Deployed Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 419 live Forward Deployed Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
419
Employers
259
Remote
20%
Typical pay
$135k–260k
Verified live (7d)
412

Pay is advertised by 71% of these postings (296 of 419 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$140k37
3–5 years$161k106
6–9 years$182k81

Skills in demand

Across 379 forward deployed engineer postings that named at least one skill

  • Python69%
  • Amazon Web Services41%
  • TypeScript41%
  • Large Language Models39%
  • Google Cloud Platform32%
  • JavaScript30%
  • Microsoft Azure29%
  • Databricks18%
  • Scala15%
  • Kubernetes15%

Experience asked for

Minimum years named in the posting · 302 postings stated one

0–2 years
17%
3–5 years
50%
6–9 years
31%
10+ years
2.3%

Work arrangement

Where the work is done · 295 postings stated one

Remote
27%
Hybrid
34%
On-site
39%

Employers hiring for this

Currently open

All 419 open roles

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