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# FDE jobs · Technical lead

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1&management=lead&page=2

1,145 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 490 employers. Compare posted pay, locations and work arrangements, then read the employer’s posting.

Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs).

**1,145** postings · **490** companies · median **$200,000** · middle half $170,000–$229,000 · read Nov 6, 2026

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6bb0ae9f5fef1b81)

Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 more 12d ago

$168,100–$227,400

[Palo Alto Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palo-alto-networks)

### [Distinguished Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e0f76a5b93bf30e)

Charlotte, NC Remote 2w ago

$248,700–$341,250

[Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5470e15a9d30b7ea)

US Remote 2w ago

$150,000–$200,000

[Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc)

### [Lead, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9937e8447c5955b)

New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago

$200,000–$240,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5bf574259f324a9)

Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 more 12d ago

$168,100–$250,200

[Palo Alto Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palo-alto-networks)

### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering, Prisma AIRS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7962c42156b29600)

CA, TX, NY On-site 2w ago

$156,400–$253,000

[MegazoneCloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/megazonecloud)

### [Sr. AI FDE ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4a73d65b20ad1e87)

Rochester, NY On-site 2w ago

$145,000–$165,000

[Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc)

### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/41a70beca4fd5f53)

New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago

$200,000–$240,000

[UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ukg-ultimate-kronos-group)

### [Sr Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c9c55dd0c886058)

Seattle, WA 2w ago

$145,600–$240,695

[Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer- Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdee64d0a982d2b7)

Multiple US offices 2w ago

$134,500–$265,100

[Together AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/together-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Post-Training](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c12aeeb37e0d254)

San Francisco, CA 2w ago

$270,000–$300,000 · OTE

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/780f6825731d9f9e)

Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more 2w ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Talkdesk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/talkdesk)

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71bb34cf6e268fcd)

Bellevue, WA 2w ago

$170,000–$200,000

[Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac5fd29248cce193)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago

$136,000–$216,000

[Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b56b79b36aa36a5)

Menlo Park, CA · Seattle, WA · +2 more 2w ago

$183,997–$257,000

[PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Experienced Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4279b29bd63b4214)

Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 more Hybrid 2w ago

$63,000–$140,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ff23fbf052dee22)

Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 more 2w ago

$168,100–$250,200

[Rackspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rackspace)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Palantir Certified](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b36f0526cf1bf6ca)

US Remote 2w ago

$165,830–$243,142

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Open Models](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fae2b767f82c2991)

Santa Clara, CA 2w ago

$184,000–$356,500

[PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f2f106eae6e8759)

Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 more Hybrid 2w ago

$77,000–$202,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c69a80c6d243936)

Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 more 2w ago

$143,700–$213,800

[Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/58064b0e4c8c6cc9)

Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +1 more 3w ago

$130,000–$180,000

[Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake)

### [Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b237f99c5265790)

Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 3w ago

$304,000–$437,000

[PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15b28a239b800a08)

New York, NY Remote 3w ago

$191,000–$289,300

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/818aaa7b6b639645)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 more 2w ago

$143,700–$223,600

[Ocrolus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ocrolus)

### [Mortgage Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccfc8a6901548790)

US Remote 3w ago

$150,000–$170,000

[One Brief](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-brief)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0eec61fd86601664)

US Remote 3w ago

$180,000–$255,000

[PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ae51c535b88f698)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago

$191,000–$289,300

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05bf5078ed5d3f1b)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake)

### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer I, Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82a2a7144b8407)

Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 3w ago

$264,000–$379,500

[Forgepoint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forgepoint)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ebb6432e308a038a)

New York, NY On-site 3w ago

$175,000–$215,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic)

### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6820987055206e6d)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 3w ago

$280,000–$320,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01117a360ce4eb64)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Ditto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ditto)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Platform ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7c329b94a1f3f61)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago

$188,000–$240,000

[Axion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axion)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ec0997b44e02dad)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago

$220,000–$270,000

[Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/430a3c5e94f2f3cc)

Norfolk, VA On-site 3w ago

$135,000–$200,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1132657e1724cf67)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Titan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/titan)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96694cce5cd5c7c7)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 3w ago

$180,000–$480,000

[SalesPatriot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salespatriot)

### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e269756eb6cb8219)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 more On-site 4w ago

$150,000–$220,000

[EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey)

### [Financial Services - Forward Deployed Engineer - Technology Consulting - Manager - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfd9891b3104f945)

New York, NY 4w ago

$166,900–$278,100

640 of these 1,145 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE jobs pay?

1,145 of 1,145 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $229,000, from 490 companies.

### How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,145 postings, 790 state a minimum number of years, from 359 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 367 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (308), 10 or more years (76) or under 3 years (39).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,145 postings come from 490 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (67), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (66), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (46), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (29) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (23).

### Are FDE jobs remote?

216 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 309 are hybrid and 180 are on-site. The remaining 440 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 556 of the 1,145 postings.

Counted over the 1,145 postings in this search.

Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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