> 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 and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&management=lead&page=10 834 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience, from 405 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $178,000 to $231,000. **834** postings · **405** companies · 679 state pay: median **$210,000**, half $178,000–$231,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [Very Big Things](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/very-big-things) ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a56845282e5c78a) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Albert Invent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/albert-invent) ### [Lead Integrations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22537a769cfcd0a6) Oakland, CA · US remote Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Sanas](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sanas) ### [Member of Technical Staff, LLM Post-Training, Applied](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24ef7254ad020c1f) Palo Alto, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Sparq](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sparq) ### [Principal AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdf265823c94b869) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Very Big Things](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/very-big-things) ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43dd771a62c7f2b8) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/44f0de2ca4442dd8) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [EVERSANA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eversana) ### [Sr. AI Developer, Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/489a8b06c5e18dfc) Chicago, IL Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Huron](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/huron) ### [Solution Advancement Engineer, Analytics Products](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf08c2a1147d21) Chicago, IL Remote 2w ago $110,000–$150,000 [One Brief](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-brief) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6efeaeb846385ccd) US Remote 2w ago $180,000–$220,000 [Planet Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/planet-labs) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer, Strategic Customer Engagements U.S.](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f88375963f97c85) Arlington, VA Hybrid 2w ago $160,600–$200,800 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Staff Applied AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16a62232639586e6) Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WA 2w ago $207,000–$300,000 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) ### [Senior Platform Engineer, Find My](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bcc832bcdee76cf6) Cupertino, CA 2w ago $150,400–$277,600 [Freedom Technology Solutions Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/freedom-technology-solutions-group) ### [SI Engineer 800](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64ff1660d7999ae9) Saint Louis, MO 2w ago Pay not posted [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee8d306129529a75) Reston, VA Remote 2w ago $160,000–$230,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [AI Customer and Partner Solutions Engineer, Cloud Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c6b3d59186ae60b) Kirkland, WA · Sunnyvale, CA 2w ago $183,000–$265,000 [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 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d1c287890786103) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 more 2w ago $148,500–$344,700 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bc0579bcfbc6e81b) US · city not listed 2w ago $119,800–$261,000 [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e1cb0caf02412898) US Remote 2w ago $246,800–$394,300 [Justworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/justworks) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Solutions Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/706116a8d38052da) New York, NY Hybrid 3w ago $188,000–$242,000 [eClerx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eclerx) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a88680972b8c9543) New York, NY Hybrid 3w ago $150,000–$200,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer-Voice Connectivity](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d190e9541ee470eb) Santa Clara, CA 3w ago $166,500–$291,400 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer, Cloud AI Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37629b31ce74e34c) Mountain View, CA 3w ago $174,000–$252,000 [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 [Amentum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amentum) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ae7d168252e69b1) Hanover, MD Hybrid 3w ago $195,000–$250,000 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Engineering Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/134ddbfeed5b6395) Pleasanton, CA On-site 4w ago $160,000–$220,000 [Zipline](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zipline) ### [Staff Software Engineer – Integrations Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/707396a854796719) South San Francisco, CA 4w ago $180,000–$270,000 [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/56cf95c297fd3055) New York, NY 4w ago $76,730–$150,800 [Amentum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amentum) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6d575b70c7b8f4d) Hanover, MD Hybrid 3w ago $195,000–$250,000 [Barbaricum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/barbaricum) ### [Senior Palantir Foundry Engineer — Fort Bragg, NC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/880c0ba4c83ef14b) Fort Bragg, NC On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Sand Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sand-technologies) ### [Technical Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7a3bd5628efadfc) US · city not listed On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [CodeRoad](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coderoad) ### [Lead Agentic AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2bcfbbd723e92771) US · city not listed 4w ago $190,000–$250,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Senior Staff Applications Development Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ba62f1e444d9ce7) Santa Clara, CA 4w ago $190,900–$334,100 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71513f5a11931534) Washington, DC On-site 4w ago $280,000–$320,000 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5703d11db556846) Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 more On-site 4w ago $168,100–$227,400 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer_Voice Connectivity ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccba487c4361b81a) Santa Clara, CA 4w ago $166,500–$291,400 [Two Six Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-six-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/326561de34f2aa71) Arlington, VA · Laurel, MD On-site 4w ago $150,000–$200,000 [Zebra Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zebra-technologies) ### [Advanced AI Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/962ba2e671b8c3ed) Austin, TX Hybrid 4w ago $138,800–$208,200 [Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enterprise-knowledge) ### [Full Stack Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ede11dfb63833962) Arlington, VA Hybrid 4w ago $95,000–$115,000 540 of 834 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience pay? 679 of 834 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $178,000 and $231,000, from 294 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience require? Of 834 postings, 698 state a minimum number of years, from 370 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 327 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (275), 10 or more years (68) or under 3 years (28). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience? These 834 postings come from 405 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (61), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (58), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (40), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (20) and [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (20). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience remote? 173 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 193 are hybrid and 109 are on-site. The remaining 359 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 409 of the 834 postings. Counted over the 834 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. 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