> 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 in Los Angeles Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead®ion=greater-la 24 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads in Los Angeles, from 18 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $166,000 to $246,000. **24** postings · **18** companies · 19 state pay: median **$208,000**, half $166,000–$246,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2fdc34e1d9832ea5) Irvine, CA New · Today $133,400–$226,800 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c6d98a56ed501dd) Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +7 more Hybrid 6w ago $158,900–$340,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d71e3d95228a376e) Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $112,900–$302,400 [Quilter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/quilter) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior/Staff Platform Engineer, Enterprise Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12acc499b2406b34) US Remote New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5703d11db556846) Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 more On-site 4w ago $168,100–$227,400 [CliftonLarsonAllen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cliftonlarsonallen) Builds what the customer runs ### [Lead Palantir Application Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d09af06dfff497d2) Dallas, TX · Tempe, AZ · +23 more 2mo ago Pay not posted [Restaurant365](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/restaurant365) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Customer Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b9c23c20a3d39bd) Irvine, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$174,000 [CompassX Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/compassx-group) Builds what the customer runs ### [Solution Architect - GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/133ba7b7d03d87d8) Irvine, CA Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Flip](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flip) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Software Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0462b41550eec93d) Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NY On-site 8mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Sony Pictures Entertainment](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sony-pictures-entertainment) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/686f939e336de340) Culver City, CA 4w ago $195,000–$270,000 [Prologis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prologis) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5974981b5313d0c) Denver, CO · Atlanta, GA · +8 more 6w ago $200,000–$285,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1) Los Angeles, CA · Arlington, VA · +39 more 6w ago $80,400–$316,300 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Architect - FDE Associate Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d150bad0c0de3100) Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $62,800–$218,800 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Integrates and configures it ### [Director Of Technical Operations ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57b6f7800943ba3a) Los Angeles, CA · Washington, DC Hybrid 3mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack (Arsenal 2)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/632a8d8de631dab5) Santa Ana, CA New · 2d ago $220,000–$290,000 [Castelion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/castelion) ### [Senior Applied AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5dff8632f3ccf496) Torrance, CA 7w ago Pay not posted [SCAN](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scan) ### [AI Staff Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5e27bd34408f446) Long Beach, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $106,200–$182,983 [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) ### [Senior Agentic AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f69d8e7f36f47d97) Irvine, CA 3mo ago $112,200–$190,700 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Software (ArsenalOS Deployment)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5aae3345672f0dab) Santa Ana, CA 3w ago $220,000–$290,000 [Match Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/match-group) ### [Principal, Legal AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82766d1de19b1f) West Hollywood, CA Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) ### [Senior Platform Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f03a35e95f49ad01) Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO Hybrid 4mo ago $190,000–$285,000 [Faraday Future](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/faraday-future) ### [Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52f0d9a5d487411f) El Segundo, CA 6mo ago $130,000–$150,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (ArsenalOS Deployment)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/523dce50ac5483f6) Santa Ana, CA 3w ago $191,000–$253,000 [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) ### [Staff Platform Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa3d2770f20cf7fb) Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO Hybrid 4mo ago $225,000–$325,000 12 of 24 build for teams inside the company. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26management%3Dlead%26region%3Dgreater-la&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for technical leads in los angeles 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 in Los Angeles pay? 19 of 24 postings state a pay range. The median is $208,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $246,000, from 13 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Los Angeles require? Of 24 postings, 19 state a minimum number of years, from 13 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (5) or 10 or more years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Los Angeles? These 24 postings come from 18 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (3), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (3), [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) (2), [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) (2) and [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Los Angeles remote? 1 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid and 2 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 5 of the 24 postings. Counted over the 24 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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