FDE salary by company

Forward Deployed Engineer salary hubs with directional TC bands, leveling, and interview links. Compare Palantir, OpenAI, Anthropic, Salesforce, Microsoft, Databricks, and more. 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