> 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. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=staff&management=lead 18 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience, from 16 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $204,000 to $251,000. **18** postings · **16** companies · 12 state pay: median **$224,000**, half $204,000–$251,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) ### [Principal Technical Consultant – Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a195c1904c87ad48) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b90677b8c9d0226) San Jose, CA Hybrid 6w ago $158,520–$294,360 [Pelico](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pelico) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfb96c4234bfc85b) Miami, FL · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a54d450f761a8e3) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$320,000 [Maybern](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maybern) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c18002efe428515) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $310,000–$350,000 [Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c22addb5ab9c453e) New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago $240,000–$290,000 [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) ### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927db00cfcddf0a0) Redwood City, CA Hybrid New · Yesterday $195,000–$215,000 [Glimpse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glimpse) ### [Founding Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/83ef0ecb2369345d) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $195,000–$250,000 [EXL](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exl) ### [Assistant Vice President](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/206fd4304eb32014) US · city not listed On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) ### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf236dfac408a8bc) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $177,000–$190,000 [Hightouch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hightouch) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8979914bd0cccf85) US Remote 6w ago $175,000–$225,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d16eaa1346b1b3b) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 6w ago $200,000–$256,000 [Verdigris](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/verdigris) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer — Strategic Solutions, Integration & Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f5bf16048b606fc) US · city not listed Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Evaluation Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5abd9b340f0d4b8b) Seattle, WA 5mo ago Pay not posted [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) Integrates and configures it ### [Lead Deployment Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/491d6aa98b2a9678) New York, NY Hybrid New · Yesterday $177,000–$190,000 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8783764172616cf6) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +2 more Hybrid 2mo ago $210,000–$295,000 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e035988bf608b960) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead, Integrations Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbfc45d188b6f22e) New York, NY Hybrid 13d ago $200,000–$240,000 10 of 18 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dforward-deployed-engineering%26level%3Dstaff%26management%3Dlead&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience pay? 12 of 18 postings state a pay range. The median is $224,000, and half of them sit between $204,000 and $251,000, from 10 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience require? Of 18 postings, 17 state a minimum number of years, from 15 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (5) or 10 or more years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience? These 18 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) (3), [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) (1), [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (1), [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (1) and [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 11 are hybrid and 2 are on-site. The remaining 2 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 6 of the 18 postings. Counted over the 18 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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