Forward deployed engineer pay as stated at tech companies · 92 roles stating pay · 90 days to Oct 16, 2026
Updated
In short
The median stated pay of forward deployed engineer roles at tech companies in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026 is $198.9k a year. Pay is stated in 92 of 170 (54%) forward deployed engineer roles. The median is taken over stated pay in US dollars a year, a range counting as its midpoint.
Median stated pay
- All levels
- $198.9k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 92 of 170 (54%) roles state pay.
Junior, mid-level, senior, staff, principal and lead: fewer than 50 roles at each level state pay, so no median is shown.
Each stated range counts as its midpoint, and a single figure or a one-sided "from" or "up to" amount as that figure, in US dollars a year. The median is taken over the roles that state pay and never estimated for the rest.
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Questions about forward deployed engineer roles
How many forward deployed engineer roles state pay?
Companies with the most forward deployed engineer roles
- Databricks4 roles
- Palantir4 roles
- Anthropic3 roles
- Extreme Networks3 roles
- Shield AI3 roles
- Snowflake3 roles
- Veeam Software3 roles
- Afresh2 roles
- Anduril Industries2 roles
- Applied Intuition2 roles
Guides
How we count: 170 roles from 130 employers in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology