{
 "name": "Salesforce FDE-family postings (Forward Deployed Engineer and Deployment Strategist titles), FDE Dispatch snapshot October 24, 2026",
 "publisher": "FDE Dispatch",
 "url": "https://fdedispatch.com/salesforce-forward-deployed-engineer/",
 "snapshot_date": "2026-10-24",
 "population": "Salesforce rows with in_page_stats = true in fde-postings-2026-10-24.json (the same 725-posting / 121-employer population counted on the salary, job titles, locations and travel pages). All 50 come from Salesforce's Workday careers site.",
 "affiliation_note": "FDE Dispatch is not affiliated with Salesforce. Figures come from Salesforce public job postings on the snapshot date.",
 "totals": {
  "salesforce_postings": 50,
  "fde_family_postings": 725,
  "fde_family_employers": 121,
  "salesforce_share_pct": 6.9,
  "rank_by_postings": 3,
  "engineer_family": 38,
  "deployment_strategist": 12,
  "management": 0
 },
 "product_line_by_title_text": {
  "method": "Title text, first match in order: Data 360 (D360, Data 360, Data360), Agentforce, Public Sector (incl. Missionforce), Migration Delivery; unlabeled = none.",
  "counts": [
   {
    "label": "unlabeled",
    "postings": 32
   },
   {
    "label": "Data 360",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "label": "Public Sector (incl. Missionforce)",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "label": "Agentforce",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "label": "Migration Delivery",
    "postings": 3
   }
  ]
 },
 "level_by_title_text": {
  "method": "Highest level named in the title: Principal, then Lead, then Senior (incl. Mid/Senior), then Associate.",
  "counts": [
   {
    "level": "no level in title",
    "postings": 25
   },
   {
    "level": "Senior",
    "postings": 9
   },
   {
    "level": "Principal",
    "postings": 8
   },
   {
    "level": "Lead",
    "postings": 7
   },
   {
    "level": "Associate",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ]
 },
 "language_in_title": {
  "postings": 10,
  "outside_us": 10,
  "languages_named": [
   {
    "language": "Italian",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "language": "Arabic",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "language": "Polish",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "language": "Dutch",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "language": "German",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "language": "French",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "language": "Hebrew",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ],
  "note": "Titles that say 'X Speaking' or 'X speakers'. Some titles name two languages."
 },
 "new_grad_and_internship_by_title_text": {
  "new_grad_titles": 0,
  "internship_titles": 0,
  "intern_flag_true": 0
 },
 "workplace": {
  "note": "Salesforce workplace labels as posted on Workday; they sum to the posting total. Remote-listed is a separate location flag.",
  "labels": [
   {
    "label": "Office - Flexible",
    "postings": 46
   },
   {
    "label": "Office Tech-Flexible",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "label": "Remote Customer-Based",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ],
  "remote_listed_locations_index": 6,
  "remote_flag_postings_field": 1,
  "remote_note": "remote_listed_locations_index counts postings where any listed location contains Remote (the published /fde-job-locations/ definition). The narrower postings remote_listed field marks 1."
 },
 "location": {
  "us_located": 8,
  "outside_us": 42,
  "outside_us_pct": 84.0,
  "countries_outside_us_primary_location": [
   {
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "country": "France",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "country": "Ireland",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "country": "Italy",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "country": "United Arab Emirates",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "country": "Australia",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "country": "Israel",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "country": "South Africa",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "country": "Spain",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "country": "Argentina",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "country": "Singapore",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "country": "Canada",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "country": "Norway",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "country": "Poland",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "country": "Saudi Arabia",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "country": "Brazil",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "country": "New Zealand",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ],
  "primary_locations": [
   {
    "location": "United Kingdom - London",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "location": "France - Paris",
    "postings": 6
   },
   {
    "location": "Ireland - Dublin",
    "postings": 5
   },
   {
    "location": "United Arab Emirates - Dubai",
    "postings": 4
   },
   {
    "location": "Italy - Milan",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Australia - Sydney",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "location": "Israel - Tel Aviv",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Virginia - Mclean",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "South Africa - Johannesburg",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Italy - Rome",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Virginia - Herndon",
    "postings": 2
   },
   {
    "location": "Spain - Madrid",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Argentina - Buenos Aires",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Singapore - Singapore",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "California - San Francisco",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Canada - Toronto",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "New York - New York",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Georgia - Atlanta",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Norway - Oslo",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Poland - Warsaw",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Saudi Arabia - Riyadh",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Washington D.C. - Remote",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "Brazil - Sao Paulo",
    "postings": 1
   },
   {
    "location": "New Zealand - Auckland",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ],
  "all_employer_us_location_counts": {
   "False": 291,
   "True": 386,
   "None": 17,
   "mixed": 31
  },
  "all_employer_outside_us_pct": 40.1,
  "employers_30_plus_outside_us": [
   {
    "employer": "Databricks",
    "postings": 122,
    "outside_us": 44,
    "outside_us_pct": 36.1
   },
   {
    "employer": "Palantir",
    "postings": 105,
    "outside_us": 29,
    "outside_us_pct": 27.6
   },
   {
    "employer": "Salesforce",
    "postings": 50,
    "outside_us": 42,
    "outside_us_pct": 84.0
   },
   {
    "employer": "Accenture",
    "postings": 40,
    "outside_us": 24,
    "outside_us_pct": 60.0
   },
   {
    "employer": "OpenAI",
    "postings": 32,
    "outside_us": 16,
    "outside_us_pct": 50.0
   }
  ]
 },
 "travel": {
  "mentioned": 43,
  "mentioned_pct": 86.0,
  "pct_stated": 35,
  "pct_stated_pct": 70.0,
  "median_upper_bound": 25.0,
  "all_employer_median_upper_bound": 30.0,
  "bands_normalized": [
   {
    "band": "25%",
    "postings": 28
   },
   {
    "band": "25-30%",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "band": "25-50%",
    "postings": 3
   },
   {
    "band": "50-75%",
    "postings": 1
   }
  ]
 },
 "posted_pay": {
  "note": "First range on the posting as published (Salesforce posts a typical US base range, base salary only, excluding bonus, equity and benefits; some US postings add a higher CA/NY metro range not captured here). Posted ranges are not offers.",
  "engineer_us": {
   "us_usd_postings_with_pay": 7,
   "ranges_as_posted": [
    {
     "pay_min": 88970,
     "pay_max": 287910,
     "postings": 4,
     "midpoint": 188440.0,
     "label": "$88,970 to $287,910"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 172500,
     "pay_max": 260100,
     "postings": 1,
     "midpoint": 216300.0,
     "label": "$172,500 to $260,100"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 96300,
     "pay_max": 176700,
     "postings": 1,
     "midpoint": 136500.0,
     "label": "$96,300 to $176,700"
    },
    {
     "pay_min": 148500,
     "pay_max": 365200,
     "postings": 1,
     "midpoint": 256850.0,
     "label": "$148,500 to $365,200"
    }
   ]
  },
  "deployment_strategist_us": {
   "us_usd_postings_with_pay": 1,
   "ranges_as_posted": [
    {
     "pay_min": 134750,
     "pay_max": 287910,
     "postings": 1,
     "midpoint": 211330.0,
     "label": "$134,750 to $287,910"
    }
   ]
  },
  "non_usd_postings_with_pay": {
   "EUR": 5,
   "CAD": 1
  },
  "equity_mentioned": 9,
  "all_employer_us_engineer_median_midpoint": 216104
 },
 "method": {
  "source_files": [
   "fde-postings-2026-10-24.json",
   "fde-locations-2026-10-24.json"
  ],
  "filter": "company == Salesforce and in_page_stats == true",
  "script": "scripts/build-salesforce-aggregate.py",
  "travel_upper_bound": "largest number in travel_pct_stated",
  "us_location": "locations index us_location (true = every listed location in the US)"
 },
 "posted_or_updated": {
  "note": "These 50 listings were live on the October 24, 2026 snapshot; this is not a posting-date range."
 }
}