> 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 public companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff&role=leadership 20 staff-level forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams at public companies, from 15 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $223,000 to $250,000. **20** postings · **15** companies · median **$235,000**, half $223,000–$250,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 16, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b65ace4a79082c1) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more New · 2d ago $196,700–$329,210 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9f81e00f9c3d172) Brooklyn, NY · New York, NY · +4 more Hybrid New · 4d ago $118,400–$253,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54139ba3c218c1dc) East Palo Alto, CA · Irvine, CA · +4 more 8d ago $184,900–$287,700 [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43b889b6e711d24a) Jersey City, NJ 13d ago $170,000–$300,000 [Johnson & Johnson](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/johnson-johnson) ### [Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04c44465b7f0e445) Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PA 2w ago $164,000–$282,900 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Open Models](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba48c9ede66f4ae5) Santa Clara, CA 2w ago $320,000–$488,750 [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f68e58efe7bf09e0) Jersey City, NJ 2w ago $170,000–$300,000 [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9774087bade29be) New York, NY 13d ago $170,000–$300,000 [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Director, Solutions Engineer Forward Deployed - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42f94fc86921f66e) New York, NY Remote 3w ago $307,600–$468,200 [GlobalFoundries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/globalfoundries) ### [Director — FDE Office (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/625c021509d75450) Austin, TX · Richardson, TX 3w ago $191,000–$332,000 [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e932d3607b6be76f) New York, NY 2w ago $170,000–$300,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1) Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 6w ago $80,400–$316,300 [Broadridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/broadridge) ### [Vice President, Forward Deployed Engineering - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c65904a48758e39) New York, NY 7w ago $210,000–$260,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Director, Product Management — Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6e94d87514d5da3) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +1 more 7w ago $237,500–$350,000 [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Lead (SVP - Applied AI & Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9929ce0a6a659a9) Irving, TX 6w ago $156,160–$234,240 [Huron](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/huron) ### [AICC Senior Technical Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (Senior Manager)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7e288c85b9241b78) Chicago, IL Remote 4mo ago $165,000–$190,000 [Datadog](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datadog) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f370cd488dde1342) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc16a9760702a10d) Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 more 2mo ago $184,900–$275,200 [Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc) ### [Lead, Integrations Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbfc45d188b6f22e) New York, NY Hybrid 13d ago $200,000–$240,000 [T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) ### [Sr Manager, Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c1404b6f7f57611) Bellevue, WA 3mo ago $176,000–$317,400 All 20 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dpublic%26level%3Dstaff%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) New staff-level fde jobs that lead deployment teams at public 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 public companies pay? 20 of 20 postings state a pay range. The median is $235,000, and half of them sit between $223,000 and $250,000, from 15 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at public companies require? Of 20 postings, 17 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (6) or 3 to 5 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at public companies? These 20 postings come from 15 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (3), [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) (3), [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) (2), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (1) and [Broadridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/broadridge) (1). Counted over the 20 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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