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Forward Deployed Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 404 live Forward Deployed Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
404
Employers
250
Remote
20%
Typical pay
$135k–260k
Verified live (7d)
399

Pay is advertised by 71% of these postings (287 of 404 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$160k101
6–9 years$182k81

Skills in demand

Across 367 forward deployed engineer postings that named at least one skill

  • Python68%
  • Amazon Web Services41%
  • TypeScript40%
  • Large Language Models39%
  • Google Cloud Platform32%
  • JavaScript30%
  • Microsoft Azure29%
  • Databricks18%
  • Scala15%
  • Kubernetes15%

Experience asked for

Minimum years named in the posting · 293 postings stated one

0–2 years
18%
3–5 years
49%
6–9 years
31%
10+ years
1.7%

Work arrangement

Where the work is done · 282 postings stated one

Remote
27%
Hybrid
35%
On-site
38%

Employers hiring for this

Currently open

All 404 open roles

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