FDE salary by company

Forward Deployed Engineer salary hubs with directional TC bands, leveling, and interview links. Compare Palantir, OpenAI, Anthropic, Salesforce, Microsoft, Snowflake, Databricks, Google, AWS, Accenture, and more. New to the role? Start with what is an FDE. Model a 4-year package with the total compensation calculator.

Leveling pages

High-confidence company × level salary pages — Palantir L3–L7 plus mid–senior splits for every other company hub. Bands are directional.

• Palantir L3 FDSE$171K–$200K
• Palantir L4 FDSE$190K–$260K
• Palantir L5 FDSE$250K–$350K
• Palantir L6 FDSE$320K–$450K
• Palantir L7 FDSE$400K–$600K+
• OpenAI Mid FDE$350K–$465K
• OpenAI Senior FDE$450K–$550K+
• Anthropic Mid FDE$350K–$425K
• Anthropic Senior FDE$420K–$520K
• Databricks Mid FDE$200K–$280K
• Databricks Senior FDE$280K–$380K
• Scale AI Mid FDE$200K–$300K
• Scale AI Senior FDE$300K–$450K
• Snowflake Mid FDE$180K–$260K
• Snowflake Senior FDE$260K–$350K
• Anduril Mid FDE$180K–$280K
• Anduril Senior FDE$280K–$380K
• Salesforce Mid FDE$160K–$230K
• Salesforce Senior FDE$230K–$320K
• Microsoft Mid FDE$180K–$260K
• Microsoft Senior FDE$260K–$360K
• Google Cloud Mid FDE$220K–$310K
• Google Cloud Senior FDE$310K–$420K
• AWS Mid FDE$175K–$250K
• AWS Senior FDE$250K–$350K
• Cohere Mid FDE$200K–$290K
• Cohere Senior FDE$290K–$400K
• Glean Mid FDE$180K–$250K
• Glean Senior FDE$250K–$330K
• Sierra AI Mid FDE$200K–$300K
• Sierra AI Senior FDE$300K–$420K
• Harvey AI Mid FDE$190K–$270K
• Harvey AI Senior FDE$270K–$380K
• Mistral AI Mid FDE€120K–€170K
• Mistral AI Senior FDE€170K–€250K
• C3 AI Mid FDSE$150K–$210K
• C3 AI Senior FDSE$210K–$280K
• Tesla Energy Mid FDE$140K–$200K
• Tesla Energy Senior FDE$200K–$260K
• Vannevar Labs Mid FDE$180K–$240K
• Vannevar Labs Senior FDE$240K–$320K
• Accenture Mid FDE$130K–$190K
• Accenture Senior FDE$190K–$250K

Deep hubs

• Palantir FDSEOrigin role · L3–L7 · Decomp interviews
• OpenAI FDE$350K–$550K+ discussions · Applied AI
• Anthropic FDE~$425K median cluster · Claude · MCP
• Scale AI FDEEnterprise + defense data delivery
• Databricks FDE~$255K median · Lakehouse + Mosaic
• Anduril FDEClearance · air-gap · field intensity
• Salesforce Agentforce FDEAgentforce · mid–senior leveling
• Snowflake FDECortex AI · Data Cloud delivery
• Google Cloud GenAI FDEVertex · mid–senior leveling
• Cohere FDENorth / agentic · mid–senior leveling
• Microsoft Azure AI FDEFoundry · mid–senior leveling
• AWS GenAI FDEBedrock · mid–senior leveling
• C3 AI FDSEEnterprise apps · mid–senior leveling
• Mistral AI FDEEU lab field · mid–senior leveling
• Tesla Energy FDEIndustrial / energy · mid–senior leveling
• Vannevar Labs FDEDefense AI · mid–senior leveling
• Glean FDEEnterprise search · mid–senior leveling
• Sierra AI FDEAgent platform · mid–senior leveling
• Harvey AI FDELegal vertical · mid–senior leveling
• Accenture AI FDEConsulting · mid–senior leveling

All companies

• Anduril$180K–$380K · priority
• Anthropic$350K–$520K · priority
• Databricks$200K–$380K · priority
• OpenAI$350K–$550K+ · priority
• Palantir$171K–$415K+ · priority
• Salesforce$160K–$320K · priority
• Scale AI$200K–$450K · priority
• AWS$175K–$350K
• C3 AI$150K–$280K
• Cohere$200K–$400K
• Google Cloud$220K–$420K
• Microsoft$180K–$360K
• Mistral AI€120K–€250K
• Snowflake$180K–$350K
• Tesla Energy$140K–$260K
• Accenture$130K–$250K
• Glean$180K–$330K
• Harvey AI$190K–$380K
• Sierra AI$200K–$420K
• Vannevar Labs$180K–$320K