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# Senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales

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620 senior forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs involving pre-sales, from 356 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $230,000.

**620** postings · **356** companies · **455** with pay · median **$196,000** · middle half $165,000–$230,000 · read Nov 10, 2026

[Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/657885bd4aca696f)

Honolulu, HI On-site Since 2022

$110,000–$170,000

[Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist - Intel](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5472299bdd089131)

Washington, DC On-site Since 2021

$110,000–$170,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Applied AI Demo Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/81f1836b1275c22b)

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

$240,000–$315,000

[Turbopuffer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turbopuffer) Leads the deployment team

### [head of deployed engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2acf28c1212964da)

US · city not listed 3w ago

Pay not posted

[Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2da873ae60f23bfb)

Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +2 more 4w ago

$172,600–$258,800

[Impiricus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/impiricus) Proves it works before the sale

### [Product Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fb3adfa1c242b58)

New York, NY · Atlanta, GA Remote 2mo ago

$170,000–$210,000

[Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) Leads the deployment team

### [AI Engagement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51d33e8ea1efb5d6)

New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$225,000–$255,000

[SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a52f0355fad92673)

Starbase, TX On-site 3mo ago

Pay not posted

[HiddenLayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hiddenlayer) Proves it works before the sale

### [AI Solutions Architect- Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f0c7b5f29f9f077)

US Remote 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) Proves it works before the sale

### [Senior Value Engineer - Banking](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/689f32bb2b9debbc)

New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago

$157,000–$183,000

[Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Sr. Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a14b0e74ab61af1)

New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$160,000–$200,000

[LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale

### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

$185,000–$315,000 · OTE

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale

### [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c3610a4cc4fc4d6)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$240,000–$315,000

[LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale

### [Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a593282280776759)

New York, NY On-site 6mo ago

$185,000–$315,000 · OTE

[AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) Leads the deployment team

### [Director, Cluster Forward Deployment Engineering Data Center GPU](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcbb2b5305ef3d6b)

Santa Clara, CA 2w ago

Pay not posted

[Superblocks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/superblocks) Keeps customers running after launch

### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ebcf605b1d4f329c)

US Remote 3mo ago

Pay not posted

[PVM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pvm) Leads the deployment team

### [Echo/ Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2213e7800d0baa47)

Huntsville, AL On-site 3mo ago

Pay not posted

[LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale

### [Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf677e9e9ca98360)

San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago

$160,000–$185,000 · OTE

[Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Proves it works before the sale

### [Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bd71aa29083eac6)

Los Angeles, CA On-site 4mo ago

$203,200–$254,000

[LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale

### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf)

Seattle, WA 6mo ago

$165,000–$380,000 · OTE

342 of these 620 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales pay?

455 of 620 postings state a pay range. The median is $196,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $230,000, from 228 companies.

### How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales require?

Of 620 postings, 359 state a minimum number of years, from 229 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 218 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (94), under 3 years (37) or 10 or more years (10).

### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales?

These 620 postings come from 356 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (37), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (19), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (19), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (16) and [Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus) (11).

### Are senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales remote?

161 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 161 are hybrid and 156 are on-site. The remaining 142 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 342 of the 620 postings.

Counted over the 620 postings in this search.

Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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