> 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 jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=staff&role=leadership 17 staff-level forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies, from 15 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $220,000 to $315,000. **17** postings · **15** companies · 15 state pay: median **$255,000**, half $220,000–$315,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 22, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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 [Assort Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assort-health) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1243f2ee18b869b6) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $210,000–$300,000 [Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Marketing Engineers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f8b796da97a1250) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $183,000–$190,500 [Lovable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovable) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ca312bb59d8ca6cb) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $241,000–$390,500 [Viam](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/viam) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fab92f133fbaeb2a) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $225,000–$300,000 [Mesh Payments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mesh-payments) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bddd405ae5a5229) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $600,000–$900,000 [TENEX.AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tenex-ai) ### [Director of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b08ca8859bab9aa) Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 more Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Regal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/regal) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76ebd2551738d22f) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo 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 [Cape](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/039f144406f00838) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$275,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) ### [Senior Manager, Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fed674fdd8484b71) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $210,000–$305,000 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a777a2e143cc194d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [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 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) ### [Deployment Leadership](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2cf4f2be614e9158) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) ### [Head of Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf39c185070fc9) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $240,000–$390,000 [Rain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rain) ### [Customer Engineering Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47277f5e42096c1b) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$280,000 [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) ### [Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f690faf1f1a405cd) Washington, DC · San Diego, CA · +1 more Remote 19mo ago $150,000–$215,000 All 17 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dgrowth%26level%3Dstaff%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) New staff-level fde jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies 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 jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies pay? 15 of 17 postings state a pay range. The median is $255,000, and half of them sit between $220,000 and $315,000, from 13 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies? These 17 postings come from 15 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) (2), [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) (2), [Assort Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assort-health) (1), [Cape](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape) (1) and [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies remote? 5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 3 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 8 of the 17 postings. Counted over the 17 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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