Remote Forward Deployed Engineer salary
Base pay in the United States, from 84 postings by 18 employers that published the pay range.
Median base pay per year
$216,000
A typical posting offers $182,000 to $250,000.
10th percentile $216k – $216k
middle half $234k
90th percentile
What a Forward Deployed Engineer does
Forward deployed engineers are software engineers who work inside a customer's environment rather than on the core product team. They take a general platform and make it solve one customer's specific problem, writing production code, building integrations and data pipelines, and feeding what they learn back to the product organization.
By level
| Level | Typical range | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | $179,500 – $256,500 | $233,000 | 15 |
| Senior | $182,000 – $250,000 | $216,000 | 65 |
| Staff & Principal | $195,000 – $240,000 | $217,500 | 3 |
By employer
| Employer | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| LiveKit | $250,000 | 2 |
| Shield AI | $236,500 | 2 |
| $225,000 | 2 | |
| Databricks | $216,000 | 60 |
| Kong | $192,500 | 2 |
| Harness | $188,000 | 2 |
| Second Front Systems | $177,500 | 2 |
| Coinbase | $170,500 | 2 |
Open Forward Deployed Engineer jobs with published pay
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Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)
Shield AI · Remote (US)
Engineering Full-time $156,000 – $320,000 per year Posted Aug 4, 2026 -
Forward Deployed Engineer
LiveKit · Remote · New York, NY
Engineering Full-time $180K - $320K Posted Mar 17, 2026 -
Forward Deployed Engineer, Spanish/English
LiveKit · Remote · Miami, FL
Engineering Full-time $180K - $320K Posted Aug 26, 2026 -
Forward Deployed Engineer, Autonomy (open level)
Shield AI · Remote (US)
Engineering Full-time $152,000 – $318,000 per year Posted Jul 30, 2026 -
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Databricks · Remote (US)
Customer Support $219,765 – $302,220 per year Posted Nov 5, 2026 -
Forward Deployed Engineer - RiskOS Agents
Socure · Remote · San Francisco, CA
Engineering Full-time $250K - $280K Posted Aug 17, 2026 -
Forward Deployed Engineer
Kong · Remote (US)
Engineering Full-time $192,010 - $274,300 Posted Sep 16, 2026 -
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Enablement)
Reddit · Remote (US)
Product Full-time $194,600 – $272,400 per year Posted Oct 19, 2026 -
Forward Deployed Engineer
Runway · Remote · Seattle, WA
Engineering Full-time $225K - $270K Posted Oct 21, 2026 -
Forward Deployed Engineer, Finance [Office of the CTO]
Coinbase · Remote (US)
Finance $218,025 – $256,500 per year Posted Jul 22, 2026