Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer jobs: 69 open roles
Open sr. forward deployed engineer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $216,000 a year.

The market for sr. forward deployed engineer work
Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Engineering function this title sits in.
- Verified open sr. forward deployed engineer jobs
- 69
- Median pay in listings that state it
- $216,000
- Engineering openings that ask for AI skills
- 8%
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Skills most often named in openings
- 1. python10%
- 2. project management5%
- 3. linux4%
- 4. c++4%
- 5. aws4%
- 6. agile4%
- 7. supply chain4%
- 8. procurement3%
AI skills worth building for this work
- 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- 2. LLM application engineering
- 3. RAG and vector search
- 4. Model fine-tuning
- 5. Model training and deep learning
- 6. MLOps
Where sr. forward deployed engineer experience can go next
Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.
Technical program management
Close fit · A few months
TPMs who can read the code earn trust quickly with engineering teams.
Carries over: Systems knowledge, Estimation, Working across engineering teams
Engineering management
Close fit · A few months
The usual next step for engineers who like people and want to grow others: you trade writing code for building the team.
Carries over: Technical judgment, Code review and mentoring, Delivery
Solutions consulting and sales engineering
Adjacent · A few months
Sales engineers and solutions architects are engineers who like talking to customers; pay includes a bonus.
Carries over: Deep technical knowledge, Debugging, Architecture
Product management
Adjacent · Longer (6+ months)
Technical product managers are in steady demand, especially for platform and AI products.
Carries over: Technical depth, Trade-off thinking, Shipping software
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Open sr. forward deployed engineer jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Databricks · Colorado, USA, Maryland, USA, Berkeley, CA, USA, Massachusetts, USA, Pennsylvania, USA, Virginia, USA, Illinois, USA, Washington, USA, North Carolina, USA, New Jersey, USA, Connecticut, USA, New Hamps
$182k–$250k · Nov 6, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing
Databricks · New York City, NY
Nov 6, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing
Databricks · New York, NY
Nov 6, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
Fdetimes · New York, NY
$182k–$250k · Nov 6, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Databricks · Rhode Island
$182k–$250k · Nov 3, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing
FDE · New York, NY
$182k–$250k · Nov 2, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
Re Build Manufacturing · United States -Remote
Oct 26, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
Re Build Manufacturing · Kalamazoo, MI
Oct 19, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Post-Sales)
Tennr · New York City Office
$160k–$180k · Sep 22, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Databricks · Washington, D.C.
$182k–$250k · Sep 8, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security
Databricks · Boston, Massachusetts; Delaware; Maryland; Remote - California; Remote - New York; Remote - Washington D.C.; Virginia; West Virginia
$182k–$250k · Aug 25, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
Databricks · United States
$182k–$250k · Aug 22, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
Databricks · San Francisco, California
$182k–$250k · Aug 22, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
Databricks · Remote - Washington D.C.
$182k–$250k · Aug 22, 2026
- Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
Databricks · New York City, New York
$182k–$250k · Aug 22, 2026
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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer salary
The middle half of sr. forward deployed engineer listings that state pay run from $216,000 to $216,000. See the full sr. forward deployed engineer salary breakdown.
Engineering jobs in the rankings
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Where sr. forward deployed engineer jobs are
- California14
- New York10
- Texas8
- Massachusetts7
- Illinois5
- Pennsylvania4
- District of Columbia4
- Georgia4
- Washington3
- Colorado3
- Alabama2
- North Carolina2
Between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules in these states, or in every state.
Employers hiring sr. forward deployed engineers
- Databricks 61
- Re Build Manufacturing 3
- Cohere Health 1
- FDE 1
- Fdetimes 1
- Insight Global 1
- Tennr 1
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