> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Technical lead FDE jobs Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/technical-lead Decide whether a technical lead FDE role sets direction, manages people, or both. **1,477** postings · **700** companies · **1,151** with pay · median **$200,000** · middle half $170,000–$229,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 [Clera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clera) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee5909d87ab7e7aa) New York, NY On-site Yesterday $180,000–$250,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Forward Deployed Solution Engineer – Applied AI FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/764d86c11acb70bd) Atlanta, GA Remote 2d ago Pay not posted [Bounteous](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bounteous) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9cc3cb7eb0bb2aab) US Remote 2d ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20d2f37618650476) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2d ago $185,000–$300,000 [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2fdc34e1d9832ea5) Irvine, CA 3d ago $133,400–$226,800 [jeffreym-consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jeffreym-consulting) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/160095c9c45ee8af) San Francisco, CA On-site 3d ago $180,000–$250,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/440870dea6def209) Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 more Remote 3d ago $182,000–$250,208 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f19e00cc711f7d8d) New York, NY Hybrid 2d ago $185,000–$300,000 [SAS Institute Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sas-institute-inc) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Solutions Architect, Large Pharma](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c789e2f61e7b01f) NJ · US remote Remote 3d ago $136,948–$167,380 [Mimica](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mimica) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Intelligent Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ddc74a231aba693) US Remote 4d ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f1c2b67db2daf1a) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 more 4d ago $168,100–$250,200 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a5eb13cea3121c0) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3d ago $185,000–$300,000 [Enlighten AI Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enlighten-ai-labs) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4962de95ccbeec75) Chicago, IL 5d ago $175,000–$220,000 [Reflection AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reflection-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d6f7a25c949926c4) New York, NY On-site 5d ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7f7ea70cdde41e8) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 more 4d ago $168,100–$250,200 821 of these 1,477 jobs build what the customer runs. Showing 15 of 1,477 matching postings. [Open the full search and adjust filters →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead) - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs-for%2Ftechnical-lead&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs-for%2Ftechnical-lead&placement=alert) Alerts for “Technical lead FDE jobs” go out once you have an account. A technical lead FDE owns technical direction across a customer or delivery area while still contributing to code or design. Separate four responsibilities in the posting: technical decisions, delivery decisions, technical guidance, and people management. Only the last one makes it a manager role. ## Frequently asked questions ### What do technical lead FDE jobs pay? 1,151 of 1,477 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $229,000, from 491 companies. ### How much experience do technical lead FDE jobs require? Of 1,477 postings, 1,005 state a minimum number of years, from 500 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 483 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (369), 10 or more years (92) or under 3 years (61). ### Which companies are hiring for technical lead FDE jobs? These 1,477 postings come from 700 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (72), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (66), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (47), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (31) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (25). ### Are technical lead FDE jobs remote? 330 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 378 are hybrid and 261 are on-site. The remaining 508 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 693 of the 1,477 postings. Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related reading - [FDE salary for technical leads](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/technical-lead) - [Individual contributor, technical lead, or people manager?](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/management) - [Choosing your next FDE role](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths/forward-deployed-engineer) ## Other FDE job lists - [Junior FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/junior) - [FDE jobs for new graduates](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/new-graduates) - [Remote FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/remote) - [Senior FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/senior) - [FDE jobs with visa sponsorship](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/visa-sponsorship)