> 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. # Senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with ongoing operations Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&role=leadership&stage=operations 19 senior forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams with ongoing operations, from 16 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $192,000 to $257,000. **19** postings · **16** companies · 12 state pay: median **$225,000**, half $192,000–$257,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 23, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) ### [FDE Lead, NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/646d9e773b63bea2) New York, NY On-site 7d ago $250,000–$315,000 [SewerAI Corporation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sewerai-corporation) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef58afd0dabd1577) US Remote 2w ago $160,000–$190,000 [Cosmic Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cosmic-robotics) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eae406e36bd7303d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Single Grain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/single-grain) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f38c34948b6a264) Los Angeles, CA Remote 1mo ago $175,000–$225,000 [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0cf8ad197920db5c) Arlington, VA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Tribe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tribe-ai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4efd89487638a0dd) US Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [OpenLoop Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openloop-health) ### [Senior Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/85e82e2b36afc90c) Des Moines, IA · US remote Remote New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Services - Remote](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23e228ce01b5897e) Denver, CO Remote 9d ago $180,000–$260,000 [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Lead (SVP - Applied AI & Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e85cca059e0668ed) Irving, TX 13d ago $156,160–$234,240 [Cohere Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere-health) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Healthcare Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d33f4b2e36fed110) US Remote 2w ago $123,000–$148,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineering - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a757afed07cede0) New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 more 2mo ago $99,000–$266,000 [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c7c45228bc8e823) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $210,000–$260,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineering - Senior Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1457c704065ca3a8) New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 more 2mo ago $124,000–$335,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d8e8f0dc286de03f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 10d ago $227,000–$325,000 [Mind Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mind-robotics) ### [Tech Lead Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ea7550c012907083) Normal, IL On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Turbopuffer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turbopuffer) ### [head of deployed engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2acf28c1212964da) US · city not listed 2w ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/443e90f636abe8b6) San Francisco, CA 9mo ago $227,000–$325,000 [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) ### [Director, Cluster Forward Deployment Engineering Data Center GPU](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcbb2b5305ef3d6b) Santa Clara, CA 2w ago Pay not posted [PVM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pvm) ### [Echo/ Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2213e7800d0baa47) Huntsville, AL On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted All 19 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dsenior%26role%3Dleadership%26stage%3Doperations&placement=alert) New senior fde jobs that lead deployment teams with ongoing operations 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 senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with ongoing operations pay? 12 of 19 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $192,000 and $257,000, from 9 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with ongoing operations? These 19 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) (2), [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) (2), [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (2), [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) (1) and [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) (1). ### Are senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with ongoing operations remote? 6 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are on-site. The remaining 7 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 9 of the 19 postings. Counted over the 19 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. 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