> 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 people managers involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=manager&stage=presales 30 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for people managers involving pre-sales, from 26 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $211,000 to $296,000. **30** postings · **26** companies · 22 state pay: median **$279,000**, half $211,000–$296,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 17, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [CrossCountry Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crosscountry-consulting) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97bb62bb48a619ce) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $150,000–$285,000 [Genesys](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/genesys) ### [Director, North America AI Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b0deed3f2347a903) TX, CO, NC New · 3d ago $163,100–$286,900 [Newcode](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/newcode) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ade0d9c816a13d9b) Chicago, IL Hybrid New · 4d ago Pay not posted [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Leader](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/193374f55d11f147) Los Angeles, CA On-site 5w ago $180,000–$220,000 [Blitzy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blitzy) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e213fd0d39d03fe6) Cambridge, MA On-site 7w ago $240,000–$315,000 [Innovaccer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innovaccer) ### [Director Forward-Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbeb0411bd8919ba) US Remote New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9f81e00f9c3d172) Brooklyn, NY · New York, NY · +4 more Hybrid New · 4d ago $118,400–$253,000 [Cursor (Anysphere)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cursor-anysphere) ### [Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3d7da549ceebf857) Washington, DC On-site 8d ago Pay not posted [Nimble Gravity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nimble-gravity) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7105150c48eeeef4) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) ### [Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/398acf9eaf31771b) Torrance, CA On-site 3w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) ### [Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe5ff6be3e268032) San Jose, CA 4w ago $169,920–$315,600 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62cd9bf315666be7) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Director, Product Management — Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6e94d87514d5da3) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +1 more 7w ago $237,500–$350,000 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47c6797aead04cf6) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $300,000–$350,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cfc2f372e049770e) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Cursor (Anysphere)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cursor-anysphere) ### [Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5bd30a2e7941578f) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) ### [Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed (Privy)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43fada52a5ce0259) New York, NY 5mo ago $236,000–$354,000 [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering (Epic)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c02b52ffee93141a) US Remote 6mo ago $190,000–$240,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69c38ceeea80a075) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remote Remote 7mo ago $228,000–$403,200 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3425d82dd78fb925) New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ae92eb53e1e9c1f) New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $320,000–$405,000 [HackerRank](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hackerrank) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12ef8eb1592b65b1) Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $300,000–$350,000 · base + variable [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f395804dbea806e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d92ae048381b8be0) Seattle, WA Hybrid 10mo ago Pay not posted [Scout AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scout-ai) ### [GTM Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d07a2a79ab832de6) US Remote 4w ago $150,000–$180,000 [Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix) ### [Intelligence Center X Engineering Manager - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/661a0f7842c19c00) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $197,300–$394,600 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b612508e6525cc3) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $251,000–$335,000 [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) ### [Director, Data Modernization](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6420374ec05b274) US Remote 4mo ago $190,000–$230,000 [Indicium AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/indicium-ai) ### [Vice President of Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e428b809047fab6d) New York, NY 6mo ago $220,000–$350,000 [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) ### [Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f690faf1f1a405cd) Washington, DC · San Diego, CA · +1 more Remote 19mo ago $150,000–$215,000 29 of 30 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26management%3Dmanager%26stage%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for people managers 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 people managers involving pre-sales pay? 22 of 30 postings state a pay range. The median is $279,000, and half of them sit between $211,000 and $296,000, from 21 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving pre-sales require? Of 30 postings, 18 state a minimum number of years, from 16 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (8) or 3 to 5 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving pre-sales? These 30 postings come from 26 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (3), [Cursor (Anysphere)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cursor-anysphere) (2), [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) (2), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (1) and [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving pre-sales remote? 7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 7 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 30 postings. Counted over the 30 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. 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