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  "page": "https://fdedispatch.com/forward-deployed-engineer-salary/",
  "checked_date": "2026-10-22",
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      "employer": "OpenAI",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF",
      "location": "San Francisco",
      "range": "$185K – $300K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/967f94aa-1706-4dba-ac89-bfbc2c38b688",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "OpenAI",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF",
      "location": "San Francisco",
      "range": "$185K – $325K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/00207abc-49b7-465c-a219-f7c1140f8047",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "OpenAI",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer - NYC",
      "location": "New York City",
      "range": "$153K – $325K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/533c0fc9-b773-476d-9f96-a0528efbab0e",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "OpenAI",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov",
      "location": "Washington, DC (also Seattle, San Francisco)",
      "range": "$145.8K – $280K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/db5a708d-1d7a-4aa3-8dd3-0d0423b6b69f",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Anthropic",
      "title": "Staff Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "location": "New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA",
      "range": "$280,000–$320,000 USD annual salary (posting adds a standard note that ranges for sales roles are OTE)",
      "url": "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5449229008",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Anthropic",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "location": "London",
      "range": "£225,000–£255,000 GBP annual salary (same standard sales-role OTE note)",
      "url": "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5423029008",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Palantir",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer",
      "location": "New York, NY",
      "range": "$135,000–$200,000/year; may also include RSUs and sign-on bonus",
      "url": "https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/dab396d4-2f14-4796-aac0-0d82883dccf0",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Palantir",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government",
      "location": "Washington, D.C.",
      "range": "$135,000–$145,000/year; may also include RSUs and sign-on bonus; active US security clearance or eligibility to obtain one",
      "url": "https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/cbe90327-3e6e-451c-a54c-1d3cbcef5aeb",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Ramp",
      "title": "Software Engineer, Forward Deployed",
      "location": "New York, NY (HQ); also San Francisco, CA",
      "range": "$168K – $285K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ramp/29a5da77-37f0-402a-92bc-072778e77ed8",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Ramp",
      "title": "Software Engineer, Forward Deployed AI Solutions",
      "location": "New York, NY (HQ)",
      "range": "$189K – $330K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ramp/b614563f-3ce6-4dca-b5ba-0e5a6c8bda27",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Scale AI",
      "title": "Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA",
      "range": "base $180,000–$225,000 (SF, NY, Seattle); equity for eligible roles",
      "url": "https://scale.com/careers/4694861005",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Scale AI",
      "title": "Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA",
      "range": "base $216,000–$270,000 (SF, NY, Seattle); equity for eligible roles",
      "url": "https://scale.com/careers/4694863005",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Scale AI",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector",
      "location": "Austin, Colorado Springs, Honolulu, Omaha, St. Louis, Washington DC",
      "range": "base $184,000–$292,560 (SF/NY/Seattle); $165,600–$263,304 (Hawaii, Washington DC, Texas, Colorado); $138,000–$219,420 (St. Louis); equity for eligible roles",
      "url": "https://scale.com/careers/4481921005",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Databricks",
      "title": "Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "location": "San Francisco, California",
      "range": "$182,000–$250,208 USD, the same range posted for Zones 1 to 4; may include annual performance bonus and equity",
      "url": "https://www.databricks.com/company/careers/professional-services-operations/sr-forward-deployed-engineer-8739474002",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Salesforce",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)",
      "location": "Multiple US locations (incl. San Francisco and remote metros)",
      "range": "typical base $88,970–$287,910; CA/NY and select metros $97,860–$316,750; base only (excludes bonus, equity, benefits)",
      "url": "https://www.salesforce.com/company/careers/jobs/JR349466/forward-deployed-engineer-all-levels/",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Glean",
      "title": "Founding Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "location": "New York City",
      "range": "$160,000–$270,000 annually; certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits",
      "url": "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gleanwork/jobs/4659412005",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Baseten",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "location": "San Francisco (also Remote, Toronto, New York, Montreal, Seattle)",
      "range": "$165K – $330K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/baseten/84c1801c-1a65-49fb-aaaa-beeafd530e7e",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Origin",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "location": "United States; Canada (remote)",
      "range": "$200K – $320K • Offers Equity (multiple IC ranges)",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/originhq/aa35cc3c-8364-4cea-8057-b50251275684",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Decagon",
      "title": "Agent Deployment Engineer",
      "location": "San Francisco",
      "range": "$175K – $230K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/decagon/8c40fb7a-5f25-4112-a1df-f1c22b81042c",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Harvey",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Buyout",
      "location": "New York",
      "range": "OTE $254,600–$350,000 USD (75/25 split) • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/fb3ecf9e-9379-4839-817c-f620a3e6034d",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Sierra",
      "title": "Deployed Infrastructure Engineer",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA; New York, NY",
      "range": "$230K – $390K • Offers Equity",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Sierra/d9c0aa93-e35d-4752-9cef-4c39dcad5365",
      "status": "live_200",
      "note": "Posting body describes the role as Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer"
    },
    {
      "employer": "HackerRank",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "location": "Hybrid in Santa Clara, CA",
      "range": "base $160,000–$185,000 + target 10% annual bonus + equity",
      "url": "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hackerrank/jobs/8203626",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Picogrid",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "location": "El Segundo, CA | Fort Bragg, NC",
      "range": "base $120,000–$200,000 + significant stock options",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/picogrid/01f18b49-daf2-411e-ae50-f22f4496b678",
      "status": "live_200"
    },
    {
      "employer": "84.51°",
      "title": "Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (P4570)",
      "location": "Cincinnati, OH; Chicago, IL",
      "range": "base $125,000–$207,000 USD (posting: span across all geographic markets); eligible for variable compensation",
      "url": "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/8451/jobs/8760741002",
      "status": "live_200"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "employer": "OpenAI",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF (openai.com careers URL)",
      "url": "https://openai.com/careers/forward-deployed-engineer-(fde)-sf-san-francisco/",
      "reason": "Same role is linked on OpenAI's Ashby job board, which shows the same $185K – $300K + equity range"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Ramp",
      "title": "Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (prior Ashby id from /fde-job-titles/)",
      "url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ramp/9916e9da-7491-4c99-afd1-e4b8158fa58b",
      "reason": "No longer listed on Ramp's job board at check time; the live Software Engineer, Forward Deployed posting is used instead"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Anthropic",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer (US, Aug 2026 board id)",
      "url": "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5302966008",
      "reason": "Posting closed at check time"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Rippling",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer",
      "url": "https://ats.rippling.com/rippling/jobs/efa6057a-5055-4ba0-8fd1-13a14c85b014",
      "reason": "Posting no longer shows a job description or pay at check time"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Salesforce",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer (Paris, from /fde-job-titles/)",
      "url": "https://www.salesforce.com/company/careers/jobs/JR363024/forward-deployed-engineer/",
      "reason": "No pay range stated on the posting used by /fde-job-titles/"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Databricks",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE (L4) Remote - India",
      "url": "https://www.databricks.com/company/careers/professional-services-operations/forward-deployed-engineer-fde-l4-8876613002",
      "reason": "No USD pay range on that posting; US Sr. FDE posting with Zone 1 range used instead"
    },
    {
      "employer": "Palantir",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Seoul)",
      "url": "https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/1bb19522-3936-4adc-9ced-c3df8b5900b9",
      "reason": "No pay range stated on the Seoul posting referenced by prior guides"
    }
  ],
  "note": "Ranges are copied from employer postings on the checked date. They are not market data and not a promise of what any candidate will be offered."
}