> 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 jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&role=leadership 22 forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies, from 19 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $214,000 to $291,000. **22** postings · **19** companies · 20 state pay: median **$239,000**, half $214,000–$291,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) ### [FDE Lead, NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/646d9e773b63bea2) New York, NY On-site 7d ago $250,000–$315,000 [Tennr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tennr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/303e2e4d9994c1d2) New York, NY Hybrid 10d ago $170,000–$190,000 [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 [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Services - Remote](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23e228ce01b5897e) Denver, CO Remote 9d ago $180,000–$260,000 [Cohere Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere-health) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Healthcare Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d33f4b2e36fed110) US Remote 2w ago $123,000–$148,000 [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 [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 [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 22 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dgrowth%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) New 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 FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies pay? 20 of 22 postings state a pay range. The median is $239,000, and half of them sit between $214,000 and $291,000, from 17 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies? These 22 postings come from 19 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) (2), [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) and [Cape](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at growth-stage companies remote? 7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 22 postings. Counted over the 22 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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