> 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. # Senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&role=leadership 16 senior forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience, from 14 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $243,000 to $293,000. **16** postings · **14** companies · **11** with pay · median **$281,000** · middle half $243,000–$293,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 Published Oct 24, 2026 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager II, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/800f27a82298228a) New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 more New · 4d ago $262,000–$364,000 [Nimble Gravity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nimble-gravity) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/960d9250d509557a) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61aaf790de9aa316) Menlo Park, CA 3w ago $236,000–$339,200 [Cosmic Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cosmic-robotics) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eae406e36bd7303d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0cf8ad197920db5c) Arlington, VA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Tribe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tribe-ai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4efd89487638a0dd) US Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [OpenLoop Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openloop-health) ### [Senior Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/85e82e2b36afc90c) Des Moines, IA · US remote Remote New · 4d ago Pay not posted [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Services - Remote](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23e228ce01b5897e) Denver, CO Remote 12d ago $180,000–$260,000 [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 Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f5a9025f13cb35a) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ae92eb53e1e9c1f) New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $320,000–$405,000 [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c7c45228bc8e823) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $210,000–$260,000 [Parallel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parallel) ### [Engineering Lead, US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/440ade7179c1a42a) New York, NY New · 3d ago $200,000–$300,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d8e8f0dc286de03f) New York, NY 13d ago $252,000–$315,000 [Xtillion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xtillion) ### [Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c2b049ff7066d9c4) San Juan, PR 9mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/443e90f636abe8b6) San Francisco, CA 9mo ago $265,000–$331,000 All 16 of these jobs lead deployment teams. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26level%3Dsenior%26role%3Dleadership&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26level%3Dsenior%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) Alerts for “Senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software 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 senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience pay? 11 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $281,000, and half of them sit between $243,000 and $293,000, from 9 companies. ### How much experience do senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience require? Of 16 postings, 12 state a minimum number of years, from 11 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 7 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (5). ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience? These 16 postings come from 14 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) (2), [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (2), [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (1), [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) (1) and [Cosmic Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cosmic-robotics) (1). Counted over the 16 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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