> 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 later-stage private companies involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&role=leadership&stage=presales 21 forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams at later-stage private companies involving pre-sales, from 14 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $281,000 to $297,000. **21** postings · **14** companies · 19 state pay: median **$281,000**, half $281,000–$297,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e815b51f4031224) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Innovaccer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innovaccer) ### [Director Forward-Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbeb0411bd8919ba) US Remote New · Yesterday Pay not posted [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 [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 [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 [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 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71cd412dd94d6286) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [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 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb42db286829e751) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d3f734bc4a0cffd5) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f5a9025f13cb35a) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad40088d72b9cb75) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $223,700–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c0c7073bd8cab59) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) ### [AI Engagement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51d33e8ea1efb5d6) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $225,000–$255,000 [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 [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 [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) ### [Deployment Strategist Lead - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d0349a5c302e2b9) New York, NY Remote 6w ago Pay not posted All 21 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26role%3Dleadership%26stage%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New fde jobs that lead deployment teams at later-stage private companies involving pre-sales 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 later-stage private companies involving pre-sales pay? 19 of 21 postings state a pay range. The median is $281,000, and half of them sit between $281,000 and $297,000, from 12 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at later-stage private companies involving pre-sales require? Of 21 postings, 15 state a minimum number of years, from 8 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (6). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at later-stage private companies involving pre-sales? These 21 postings come from 14 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (8), [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (1), [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) (1), [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) (1) and [Genesys](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/genesys) (1). Counted over the 21 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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