> 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 for people managers at later-stage private companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&management=manager 28 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private companies, from 22 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $244,000 to $342,000. **28** postings · **22** companies · 26 state pay: median **$289,000**, half $244,000–$342,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [CrossCountry Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crosscountry-consulting) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97bb62bb48a619ce) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $150,000–$285,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1da2d6eeed3a8943) New York, NY Hybrid New · Yesterday $302,000–$385,000 [Genesys](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/genesys) ### [Director, North America AI Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b0deed3f2347a903) TX, CO, NC New · 3d ago $163,100–$286,900 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) ### [Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c672492329748f6) Torrance, CA On-site 3w ago $300,000–$415,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54e7aaf730f4f453) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $302,000–$385,000 [Innovaccer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innovaccer) ### [Director Forward-Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbeb0411bd8919ba) US Remote New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Clarity Innovations](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarity-innovations) ### [Platform Engineering Senior Manager - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed2eb21ca248737d) Annapolis Junction, MD 2w ago $145,900–$248,000 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) ### [Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4ea9efe32970402) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) ### [Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe5ff6be3e268032) San Jose, CA 4w ago $169,920–$315,600 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62cd9bf315666be7) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) ### [Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7f6357b3d597caf) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $203,745–$275,655 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) ### [Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/398acf9eaf31771b) Torrance, CA On-site 3w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Re:Build Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/re-build-manufacturing) ### [Director – Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3188fceeef3455d) US Remote 7w ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cfc2f372e049770e) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc7f1d0479aa37c4) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $200,000–$299,000 [Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fd358265a7442200) SF Bay Area 5mo ago $190,000–$250,000 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) ### [Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed (Privy)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43fada52a5ce0259) New York, NY 5mo ago $236,000–$354,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69c38ceeea80a075) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remote Remote 7mo ago $228,000–$403,200 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ae92eb53e1e9c1f) New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $320,000–$405,000 [HackerRank](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hackerrank) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12ef8eb1592b65b1) Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $300,000–$350,000 · base + variable [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3763b34dd9cb0d) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [VP, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/faa1eb0081473b5e) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $268,800–$403,000 [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Software Engineering Manager (Defense/PhysicalAI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54e611b0f8201f20) Arlington, VA On-site 2mo ago $250,000–$300,000 [Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta) ### [Applied AI Engineer - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f22c1bc1523b1cde) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $250,000–$425,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b612508e6525cc3) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $251,000–$335,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Lead Mission Software Engineer, EW](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29ffba50995e18dc) Costa Mesa, CA 4mo ago $220,000–$292,000 [Indicium AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/indicium-ai) ### [Vice President of Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e428b809047fab6d) New York, NY 6mo ago $220,000–$350,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Engineering Manager, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7aa24228c9c7e778) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $280,000–$410,000 27 of 28 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26level%3Dstaff%26management%3Dmanager&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private 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 and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private companies pay? 26 of 28 postings state a pay range. The median is $289,000, and half of them sit between $244,000 and $342,000, from 20 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private companies require? Of 28 postings, 19 state a minimum number of years, from 16 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (9) or 3 to 5 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private companies? These 28 postings come from 22 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) (3), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (3), [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) (3), [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) (1) and [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private companies remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 10 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 11 of the 28 postings. Counted over the 28 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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