> 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. # FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&recipient=external&role=leadership 24 forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers, from 16 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $220,000 to $298,000. **24** postings · **16** companies · 21 state pay: median **$281,000**, half $220,000–$298,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 17, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1da2d6eeed3a8943) New York, NY Hybrid New · Today $302,000–$385,000 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61aaf790de9aa316) Menlo Park, CA 2w ago $236,000–$339,200 [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 [Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) ### [Director of Forward Deployed Engineering, NORAM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/98b85fdb54aa5074) New York, NY Hybrid 6w ago $300,000–$360,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e815b51f4031224) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [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 [Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/042ce9c922f77a92) Huntsville, AL Hybrid 11mo ago Pay not posted [Innovaccer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innovaccer) ### [Director Forward-Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbeb0411bd8919ba) US Remote New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Director, Solutions Engineer Forward Deployed - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42f94fc86921f66e) New York, NY Remote 3w ago $307,600–$468,200 [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 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62cd9bf315666be7) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [Capgemini Invent - Managing Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/44210ac899ae1068) Dallas, TX 2mo ago $127,500–$249,350 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71cd412dd94d6286) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Lovelytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovelytics) ### [Head of Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d0ff083dee2d6ece) US · city not listed 2mo ago Pay not posted [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering (Epic)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c02b52ffee93141a) US Remote 6mo ago $190,000–$240,000 [HackerRank](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hackerrank) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12ef8eb1592b65b1) Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $300,000–$350,000 · base + variable [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb42db286829e751) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d3f734bc4a0cffd5) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f5a9025f13cb35a) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad40088d72b9cb75) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $223,700–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c0c7073bd8cab59) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc) ### [Lead, Integrations Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbfc45d188b6f22e) New York, NY Hybrid 13d ago $200,000–$240,000 [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) ### [Director, Data Modernization](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6420374ec05b274) US Remote 4mo ago $190,000–$230,000 [Indicium AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/indicium-ai) ### [Vice President of Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e428b809047fab6d) New York, NY 6mo ago $220,000–$350,000 All 24 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dimplementation-and-data-engineering%26recipient%3Dexternal%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) New fde jobs that lead deployment teams asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers 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 FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers pay? 21 of 24 postings state a pay range. The median is $281,000, and half of them sit between $220,000 and $298,000, from 13 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers require? Of 24 postings, 21 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 11 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (9) or 3 to 5 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers? These 24 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (7), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (2), [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) (2), [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) (1) and [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers remote? 4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 1 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 12 of the 24 postings. Counted over the 24 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. 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