> 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 serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&recipient=external 211 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers, from 136 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $200,000 to $262,000. **211** postings · **136** companies · 173 state pay: median **$224,000**, half $200,000–$262,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2fdc34e1d9832ea5) Irvine, CA New · Today $133,400–$226,800 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/531129e17d951cad) Seattle, WA · Mclean, VA Remote New · 3d ago $180,000–$240,000 [Concurrence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/concurrence) ### [Staff Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fc4932d5c7940bc) New York, NY On-site New · 3d ago $240,000–$300,000 [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/146d6ad38b32164b) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 more New · 3d ago $168,100–$227,400 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c02a7615ae059b6d) US Remote New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Analog Devices](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/analog-devices) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55ab1cb03c40426b) San Jose, CA · Boston, MA 7d ago $197,800–$271,975 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0fe67c4c90ee64d6) Menlo Park, CA 9d ago $200,000–$287,500 [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) ### [Staff Data Scientist, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/858a50fe32ba1077) San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago $194,736.75–$265,613.9 [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 10d ago $168,100–$250,200 [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 13d ago $248,700–$341,250 [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 13d 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 13d ago $145,600–$240,695 [Supermove](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/supermove) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d35e07e253edcc9a) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [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 [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 13d ago $200,000–$240,000 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [Extreme Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/extreme-networks) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (10567)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29cf05040976386c) Seattle, WA Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Lovable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovable) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28e30f0bcb12a23f) New York, NY On-site 4w ago $199,000–$325,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6356c5612e0166c9) Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 more Hybrid 4w ago $125,500–$261,600 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b9357990c31169e) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Fractal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fractal) ### [Lead Architect, Forward Deployed Engineer (Cogentiq)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40b31d1c664168e1) New York, NY On-site 4w ago Up to $185,000 [Uniphore](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uniphore) ### [Principal Data Architect, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f127121235bfadb) Palo Alto, CA 4w ago $232,900–$291,100 [Docker, Inc](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/docker-inc) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6d3e67e51b2bef4) San Francisco, CA Remote 4w ago $198,000–$319,000/mo [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/23de35c0893990fc) Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [Vizient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vizient) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a763f86949ce779a) Chicago, IL · Irving, TX · +1 more 5w ago $117,600–$206,000 [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) ### [Principal Technical Consultant – Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a195c1904c87ad48) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Standard Bots](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/standard-bots) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63104783ef6d97b3) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 6w ago $215,000–$275,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e25936c11460ec5d) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/024ec55baa0bac4d) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX On-site 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c6d98a56ed501dd) New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 more Hybrid 6w ago $158,900–$340,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f3df4a9c8b00d69d) New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA 6w ago $262,000–$364,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3087cf6a8723dff6) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more On-site 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 155 of 211 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26management%3Dlead%26recipient%3Dexternal&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers 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 and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers pay? 173 of 211 postings state a pay range. The median is $224,000, and half of them sit between $200,000 and $262,000, from 108 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers require? Of 211 postings, 154 state a minimum number of years, from 105 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 78 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (39) or 10 or more years (37). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers? These 211 postings come from 136 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (12), [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) (8), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (8), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (6) and [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) (6). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers remote? 43 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 70 are hybrid and 28 are on-site. The remaining 70 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 101 of the 211 postings. Counted over the 211 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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