> 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 asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&recipient=both 42 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams, from 36 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $215,000 to $259,000. **42** postings · **36** companies · 33 state pay: median **$235,000**, half $215,000–$259,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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/6bb0ae9f5fef1b81) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 more 10d ago $168,100–$227,400 [Extreme Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/extreme-networks) ### [Lead Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (10566)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9f2233e5d663d09) Seattle, WA Hybrid 3w ago Pay not posted [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19479baf50cbb536) US Remote 4w ago $152,152–$205,405 [OpenLoop Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openloop-health) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43810c230434bf4d) Des Moines, IA · US remote Remote 4w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05bf5078ed5d3f1b) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Wolters Kluwer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wolters-kluwer) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c705534efb9d64a2) New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 more 2mo ago $215,100–$384,400 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14b783c38e2fc93f) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 12mo ago $250,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8b339d8be1a9304) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/956ee3b9130c2d1a) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 more 8d ago $200,100–$270,600 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac75979a99501af8) Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 more 2mo ago $200,100–$297,700 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Senior Staff Product Success Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcb388279b6f552e) San Diego, CA Remote 2w ago $171,900–$300,800 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [Infrastructure Engineer, Customer Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/520c15eff228e659) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3w ago $200,000–$250,000 [Via](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/via) ### [Staff AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7dc58c321850f605) New York, NY 4w ago $250,000–$300,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Staff Research Engineer, Applied AI, DeepMind](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/713ebe7e74f1e4c4) Mountain View, CA 7w ago $207,000–$300,000 [Livefront](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/livefront) ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ca282cfcd223796) US Remote 4mo ago $130,000–$175,000 [SentinelOne](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sentinelone) ### [Staff Forward Deploy Engineer (Fullstack - Java/React)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d65cfa2211fe3a1) US Remote 5mo ago $156,000–$215,000 [Via](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/via) ### [Staff Engineer, AI Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0bfd7703f20b43d2) New York, NY 2mo ago $250,000–$300,000 [Zus Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zus-health) ### [Staff Integrations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b63389e46f4a4275) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Sedgwick Claims Management Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sedgwick-claims-management-services) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97e202a0a617d6cb) FL Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75b9eec8a84d5e58) Remote, OR Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b144c00238ccf58c) San Diego, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $165,000–$200,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4ded7186675aeb) New York, NY 4mo ago $184,900–$250,200 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Leads the deployment team ### [Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b65ace4a79082c1) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more New · 2d ago $196,700–$329,210 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Leads the deployment team ### [Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9f81e00f9c3d172) Brooklyn, NY · New York, NY · +4 more Hybrid New · 4d ago $118,400–$253,000 [Johnson & Johnson](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/johnson-johnson) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04c44465b7f0e445) Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PA 2w ago $164,000–$282,900 [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f68e58efe7bf09e0) Jersey City, NJ 2w ago $170,000–$300,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dc2bf3fabf4291c0) Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 more Hybrid 7w ago $144,000–$374,000 [HighRadius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/highradius) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Architect | Record to Report](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62f275f3fed603d8) Houston, TX 3mo ago Pay not posted [Climb](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/climb) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed AI Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7de6abbbf1ae1617) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [Perficient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perficient) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d224a571cb5f2bc) US Remote 5mo ago $118,100–$202,730 [Cape](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/039f144406f00838) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$275,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3763b34dd9cb0d) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) Integrates and configures it ### [Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac7f57aab926fa58) Nashville, TN 2mo ago $114,600–$234,600 [Gyde](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gyde) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of AI Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba7b23671ec1f28a) Austin, TX · New York, NY New · 3d ago $215,000–$245,000 [Headstart AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/headstart-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Engineering Manager, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7fcca81372b018ea) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $285,000–$285,000 [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63b9ca33c41caa45) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta) Leads the deployment team ### [Applied AI Engineer - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f22c1bc1523b1cde) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $250,000–$425,000 [Oscar Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oscar-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c220abe3806ddde) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $198,720–$260,820 [Elastic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elastic) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal, Agentic Engineering Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e925b52ee6d8bc67) US · city not listed 3mo ago Pay not posted [SCAN](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scan) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Staff Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5e27bd34408f446) Long Beach, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $106,200–$182,983 18 of 42 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26level%3Dstaff%26recipient%3Dboth&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams 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 asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams pay? 33 of 42 postings state a pay range. The median is $235,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $259,000, from 27 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams require? Of 42 postings, 38 state a minimum number of years, from 32 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 16 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (15) or 3 to 5 years (7). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams? These 42 postings come from 36 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (6), [Via](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/via) (2), [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (1), [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) (1) and [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams remote? 10 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 11 are hybrid and 3 are on-site. The remaining 18 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 20 of the 42 postings. Counted over the 42 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. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. 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