> 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 jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=staff&role=leadership 19 staff-level forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience, from 14 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $225,000 to $281,000. **19** postings · **14** companies · **16** with pay · median **$246,000** · middle half $225,000–$281,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 Published Nov 6, 2026 · Updated Nov 8, 2026 [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Leader](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/193374f55d11f147) Los Angeles, CA On-site 5w ago $180,000–$220,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37ce06f2fc048cbe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $240,000–$300,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d16eaa1346b1b3b) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 6w ago $200,000–$256,000 [Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) ### [Director of Forward Deployed Engineering, NORAM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/98b85fdb54aa5074) New York, NY Hybrid 7w ago $300,000–$360,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54e7aaf730f4f453) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $302,000–$385,000 [Johnson & Johnson](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/johnson-johnson) ### [Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04c44465b7f0e445) Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PA 2w ago $164,000–$282,900 [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) ### [Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe5ff6be3e268032) San Jose, CA 4w ago $169,920–$315,600 [Mesh Payments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mesh-payments) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bddd405ae5a5229) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $600,000–$900,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc7f1d0479aa37c4) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $200,000–$299,000 [Datadog](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datadog) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f370cd488dde1342) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3763b34dd9cb0d) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3425d82dd78fb925) New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f395804dbea806e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d92ae048381b8be0) Seattle, WA Hybrid 10mo ago Pay not posted [Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc) ### [Lead, Integrations Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbfc45d188b6f22e) New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $200,000–$240,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) ### [Senior Manager, Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fed674fdd8484b71) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $210,000–$305,000 [Scout AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scout-ai) ### [GTM Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d07a2a79ab832de6) US Remote 4w ago $150,000–$180,000 [Rain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rain) ### [Customer Engineering Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47277f5e42096c1b) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$280,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) ### [Head of Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf39c185070fc9) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $240,000–$390,000 All 19 of these jobs lead deployment teams. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dforward-deployed-engineering%26level%3Dstaff%26role%3Dleadership&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dforward-deployed-engineering%26level%3Dstaff%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) Alerts for “Staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience pay? 16 of 19 postings state a pay range. The median is $246,000, and half of them sit between $225,000 and $281,000, from 14 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience require? Of 19 postings, 16 state a minimum number of years, from 12 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 11 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (3) or 3 to 5 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience? These 19 postings come from 14 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (5), [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) (2), [Datadog](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datadog) (1), [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) (1) and [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 2 are on-site. The remaining 4 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 4 of the 19 postings. Counted over the 19 postings in this search. 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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