> 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=21 838 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience, from 410 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $178,000 to $231,000. **838** postings · **410** companies · **681** with pay · median **$210,000** · middle half $178,000–$231,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a03755ff1198280) Seattle, WA 4mo ago $161,000–$212,000 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a777a2e143cc194d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Match Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/match-group) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal, Legal AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82766d1de19b1f) West Hollywood, CA Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Grafana Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/grafana-labs) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff AI Engineer | USA | Remote](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3eb0248bcffa8e9a) US Remote 4mo ago $154,445–$185,334 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5d8f2da6557d739) Boston, MA 4mo ago $161,000–$212,000 [Tubi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tubi) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e6f7ef76098e1cc) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $227,200–$324,500 [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Platform Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f03a35e95f49ad01) Denver, CO · Long Beach, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $190,000–$285,000 [VOLO Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/volo-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/375a690b73c22dad) Jupiter, FL Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df3d981f0840ffe5) Costa Mesa, CA 4mo ago $161,000–$212,000 [Samba TV](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samba-tv) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI GTM Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6af92266eeb5fd35) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Platform Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa3d2770f20cf7fb) Denver, CO · Long Beach, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $225,000–$325,000 [CrowdStrike](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crowdstrike) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. AI Growth Engineer (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5dd9d302731f8a0) US Remote 4mo ago $140,000–$215,000 [RoboForce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roboforce) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead AI Native Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/268ed77b436ada01) Milpitas, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [HiddenLayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hiddenlayer) Proves it works before the sale ### [AI Solutions Architect- Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f0c7b5f29f9f077) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [RingCentral](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ringcentral) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Enterprise AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a2c74c8d2ab32982) Belmont, CA On-site 5mo ago $127,400–$182,000 [Texas Instruments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/texas-instruments) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Workflow Automation Engineer | GenAI Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3925b51b7e60cc66) Dallas, TX 5mo ago Pay not posted [Samsara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samsara) Builds for teams inside the company ### [People Analytics AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19be1687d131fa0b) US Remote 5mo ago $146,370–$221,400 [Bot Auto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bot-auto) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Mission Control](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed8abc8a729d8416) Houston, TX 5mo ago Pay not posted [TextNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/textnow) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Developer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06e7768cfbe42f86) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $148,700–$298,800 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a39079ea2904fe9) Mountain View, CA 5mo ago $192,000–$260,000 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Account Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4b2ac20ecda3794) San Francisco, CA 5mo ago $143,000–$210,000 [Socure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/socure) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9278b0f5eb6e8bd6) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $200,000–$230,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Capacity Systems Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/35326025ecb53c24) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $347,000–$445,000 [ONE Finance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-finance) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7566bd277b8652e) US Remote 5mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) Leads the deployment team ### [Director of Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80efef3cae855049) Austin, TX Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Faraday Future](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/faraday-future) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52f0d9a5d487411f) El Segundo, CA 6mo ago $130,000–$150,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Handshake (AI training)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/handshake-ai-training) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Operator Experience](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/167322839f2fcb41) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago $225,000–$250,000 [Polymarket](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/polymarket) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Mission Control](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d22ad56ce22c86cc) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [Kroll](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kroll) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Engineer, AI-Native Product Development](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91ee159fdd74bd20) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [William Blair](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/william-blair) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Data Scientist – AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/38e590bfcbf12fdf) Chicago, IL Hybrid 7mo ago $186,000–$222,000 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GenAI Solutions Architect, Customer Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c464568d0c188bee) Sunnyvale, CA 8mo ago Pay not posted [Redwood Materials](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/redwood-materials) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b9310795131be37e) Mccarran, NV · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago $217,500–$287,500 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/443e90f636abe8b6) San Francisco, CA 9mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [Xtillion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xtillion) Leads the deployment team ### [Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c2b049ff7066d9c4) San Juan, PR 9mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, AI Acceleration, Amazon Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/946521bb66a23cce) Seattle, WA 11mo ago $168,100–$227,400 [Mariana Minerals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mariana-minerals) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Full Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f969b0acf6a0944b) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $150,000–$220,000 [T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11ace3a67769cea9) Bellevue, WA 3mo ago $164,500–$296,700 541 of these 838 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit 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[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? 681 of 838 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $178,000 and $231,000, from 297 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience require? Of 838 postings, 702 state a minimum number of years, from 375 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 328 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (277), 10 or more years (69) or under 3 years (28). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience? These 838 postings come from 410 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? 175 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 197 are hybrid and 108 are on-site. The remaining 358 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 411 of the 838 postings. Counted over the 838 postings in this search. Employer postings · The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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