> 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 and deployment jobs for technical leads Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&page=6 355 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads, from 222 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $194,000 to $255,000. **355** postings · **222** companies · 288 state pay: median **$220,000**, half $194,000–$255,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Doppel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doppel) Leads the deployment team ### [Deployment Lead, FDE (SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07021125b53721b9) San Francisco, CA 6w ago $250,000–$315,000 [Medtronic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/medtronic) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Finance Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f92dbac0a74d8c2) Fridley, MN On-site 6w ago $123,200–$184,800 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4e356b364ebc5fc) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [The Carlyle Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-carlyle-group) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Client Solutions Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92c4223dd34849e5) New York, NY · Washington, DC Hybrid 2mo ago $160,000–$190,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e815b51f4031224) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [NetApp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netapp) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Product Management](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f501c651ddb3c099) NC 2mo ago $170,000–$220,000 [Ameriprise Financial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ameriprise-financial) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Vice President - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f944a771b8bd07a6) Boston, MA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $242,100–$332,900 [The Carlyle Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-carlyle-group) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Forward Deployed Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2a9965ea2afa12b) Washington, DC On-site 2mo ago $210,000–$220,000 [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75b9eec8a84d5e58) Remote, OR Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4ded7186675aeb) New York, NY 4mo ago $184,900–$250,200 [Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/042ce9c922f77a92) Huntsville, AL Hybrid 11mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Leads the deployment team ### [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 [Rackspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rackspace) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Palantir Solutions Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ddd93b4e40ca06ef) US Remote New · 3d ago $192,610–$338,994 [JPMorganChase](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jpmorganchase) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr Lead Software Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3da40ca0f82a7a6c) New York, NY New · 4d ago Pay not posted [Insulet Corporation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/insulet-corporation) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Hybrid (Acton, MA or San Diego, CA)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0d03332237a8824) Acton, MA · San Diego, CA Hybrid 9d ago $143,700–$215,550 [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43b889b6e711d24a) Jersey City, NJ 13d ago $170,000–$300,000 [Farmers Insurance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/farmers-insurance) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9acb27f5c4c0c274) US · city not listed Hybrid 2w ago $108,375–$205,750 [Truist Bank](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truist-bank) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Observability Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ef5cdae771e59a7) Charlotte, NC · Atlanta, GA · +1 more 2w ago Pay not posted [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Principal, AI Deployment Strategist, FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a76c1a4bf65aff3) New York, NY 3w ago $221,200–$387,100 [Harvey](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harvey) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Real Estate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c8838508f1b8dfe) New York, NY Hybrid 4w ago $254,600–$350,000 [Farmers Insurance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/farmers-insurance) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead - AI Forward Deployed Lead Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2a9c27d2db52de6) US · city not listed Hybrid 4w ago $137,775–$262,000 [Code and Theory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/code-and-theory) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Associate Director, Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7804639206113887) New York, NY 5w ago $140,000–$190,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b091d6ee222c894) VA Remote 5w ago $130,300–$179,200 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1) Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 6w ago $80,400–$316,300 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dc2bf3fabf4291c0) Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 more Hybrid 7w ago $144,000–$374,000 [Modus Create](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modus-create) Proves it works before the sale ### [Data Engineer — Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0caee8461cf94a8d) US · city not listed 7w ago Pay not posted [Lyric](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyric) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Solution Strategist (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4e31a3147f78d7e) US Remote 1mo ago $180,000–$240,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Architect - FDE Associate Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d150bad0c0de3100) New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 more 7w ago $62,800–$218,800 [Positron](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/positron) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e4072355727b31e4) US Remote 1mo ago $325,000–$400,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Proves it works before the sale ### [ConvergeProsperity - Lead Product Forward Deployed Engineer for FSI Signals - Products & Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c1178cd0b1aad93) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf09a83a2196432f) US · city not listed 2mo ago $142,800–$304,200 [Lovelytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovelytics) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d0ff083dee2d6ece) US · city not listed 2mo ago Pay not posted [Deep Infra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deep-infra) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1aec0681eb976cc3) Palo Alto, CA 2mo ago $150,000–$195,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71cd412dd94d6286) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) Integrates and configures it ### [Lead Principal Application Software Engineer- Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e82e8e5ac3158fc8) Pleasanton, CA 3mo ago $104,600–$264,100 [Denari](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/denari) Integrates and configures it ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb0031c598a48671) Madison, WI Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Arxlight](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arxlight) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Lead (Air and Missile Defense)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/561fee44d8a3869b) Oakland, CA On-site 3mo ago $146,000–$200,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb42db286829e751) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Verdigris](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/verdigris) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer — Strategic Solutions, Integration & Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f5bf16048b606fc) US · city not listed Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Denari](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/denari) Integrates and configures it ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/859fec4bae2008e1) Madison, WI Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted 184 of 355 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads pay? 288 of 355 postings state a pay range. The median is $220,000, and half of them sit between $194,000 and $255,000, from 175 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads require? Of 355 postings, 270 state a minimum number of years, from 175 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 135 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (67), 10 or more years (64) or under 3 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads? These 355 postings come from 222 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (19), [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) (8), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (8), [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) (7) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (6). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads remote? 80 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 112 are hybrid and 43 are on-site. The remaining 120 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 138 of the 355 postings. Counted over the 355 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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