> 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 involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&stage=presales 78 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales, from 57 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $184,000 to $281,000. **78** postings · **57** companies · 57 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $184,000–$281,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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 [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 [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 [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 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d70716e0efd8a9ba) Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 more Hybrid 6w ago $137,100–$254,700 [E Source](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/e-source) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer IV, Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/396ede03d220d4a3) US Remote 7w ago $175,000–$200,000 [Fun](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fun) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/944c41215ca0aca1) New York, NY Hybrid 1mo ago Pay not posted [Pelico](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pelico) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfb96c4234bfc85b) Miami, FL · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Indicium AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/indicium-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b4c5fad7de80c5a) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $180,000–$240,000 [Amigo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amigo) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24ad8746113a6cca) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $240,000–$300,000 [Maybern](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maybern) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c18002efe428515) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $310,000–$350,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19bb1237798f4e23) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 12mo ago $210,000–$300,000 [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) ### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927db00cfcddf0a0) Redwood City, CA Hybrid New · Yesterday $195,000–$215,000 [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) ### [Principal Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c855b793f4140d11) New York, NY Hybrid New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 more Remote New · 6d ago $246,800–$394,300 [Sparq](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sparq) ### [Principal AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdf265823c94b869) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Semiconductor](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba548c631b51d6ee) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Noble Machines](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/noble-machines) ### [Principal Solutions Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/444496c89587b436) Sunnyvale, CA 2w ago $200,000–$350,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ed7ca7a0fc3216e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remote Remote 4w ago $230,000–$360,000 [Zebra Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zebra-technologies) ### [Advanced AI Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/962ba2e671b8c3ed) Austin, TX Hybrid 4w ago $138,800–$208,200 [Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix) ### [Intelligence Center X Principal - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a98ecb0d1b46c53) Boston, MA Hybrid 5w ago $197,300–$394,600 [SambaNova Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sambanova-systems) ### [Senior Principal AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eec3c379318643c7) San Jose, CA 5w ago $234,000–$286,000 [Omada Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/omada-health) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Solutions Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3cf86619f031de6b) US Remote 7w ago $156,000–$224,250 [Hitachi Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hitachi-energy) ### [Federal Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9798b9bebc97700) Washington, DC On-site 1mo ago $160,000–$205,000 [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) ### [Principal Technical Consultant - AI/ Azure Cloud Platform Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/278fbceacb765436) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Capco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capco) ### [Principal Consultant – Semantic Data & AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67092a02a2043ad9) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $146,000–$183,000 [phData](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phdata) ### [ Principal Machine Learning Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab034e10862d5318) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ff1ce35a22b105f) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) ### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf236dfac408a8bc) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $177,000–$190,000 [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) ### [Principal AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3261fbaa1764b97e) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e2ffa46072f703d0) Richmond, VA Hybrid 4mo ago $90,000–$200,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55e8a726e8f37fe4) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) ### [Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bface67af6b399f9) San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA 4mo ago $177,000–$237,000 [SentinelOne](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sentinelone) ### [Staff Forward Deploy Engineer (Fullstack - Java/React)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d65cfa2211fe3a1) US Remote 5mo ago $156,000–$215,000 [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7abde90d3b7e3b97) Reston, VA Hybrid 4mo ago $90,000–$200,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4252868cd1a506) Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more 5mo ago $190,000 [Headstart AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/headstart-ai) ### [Staff Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76a2f242cb8848a1) New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $265,000–$265,000 [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/329e826238fcede0) Denver, CO Hybrid 6mo ago $90,000–$200,000 [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b26006480d92464) Chicago, IL Hybrid 6mo ago $90,000–$200,000 44 of 78 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26management%3Dlead%26stage%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales 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 involving pre-sales pay? 57 of 78 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $281,000, from 44 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales require? Of 78 postings, 55 state a minimum number of years, from 42 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 23 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (19), 3 to 5 years (11) or under 3 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales? These 78 postings come from 57 companies. The employers with the most postings are [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) (8), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (7), [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) (3), [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) (3) and [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (2). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales remote? 20 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 30 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. The remaining 19 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 39 of the 78 postings. Counted over the 78 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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