> 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 jobs that lead deployment teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&role=leadership&page=3 99 staff-level forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams, from 75 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $225,000 to $297,000. **99** postings · **75** companies · 84 state pay: median **$257,000**, half $225,000–$297,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Headstart AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/headstart-ai) ### [Engineering Manager, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7fcca81372b018ea) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $285,000–$285,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) ### [Head of Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf39c185070fc9) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $240,000–$390,000 [Ironsite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ironsite) ### [Head of Field Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2b1a0715b67f2087) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Software Engineering Manager (Defense/PhysicalAI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54e611b0f8201f20) Arlington, VA On-site 2mo ago $250,000–$300,000 [Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta) ### [Applied AI Engineer - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f22c1bc1523b1cde) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $250,000–$425,000 [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 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Lead Mission Software Engineer, EW](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29ffba50995e18dc) Costa Mesa, CA 4mo ago $220,000–$292,000 [Code and Theory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/code-and-theory) ### [Director, Technology - Implementation (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c162ecca06b6da70) New York, NY 4mo ago $150,000–$225,000 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a777a2e143cc194d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [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 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) ### [Deployment Leadership](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2cf4f2be614e9158) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) ### [Director of Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80efef3cae855049) Austin, TX Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Engineering Manager, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7aa24228c9c7e778) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $280,000–$410,000 [Rain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rain) ### [Customer Engineering Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47277f5e42096c1b) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$280,000 [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) ### [Staff Research Engineer, Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06f45dde0a490569) US · city not listed 12mo ago $250,000–$400,000 · OTE [Uncountable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uncountable) ### [Engineering Manager, Implementations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed3c833f051d9258) New York, NY 17mo ago $130,000–$150,000 [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 [T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) ### [Sr Manager, Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c1404b6f7f57611) Bellevue, WA 3mo ago $176,000–$317,400 All 99 lead deployment teams. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams pay? 84 of 99 postings state a pay range. The median is $257,000, and half of them sit between $225,000 and $297,000, from 64 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams require? Of 99 postings, 67 state a minimum number of years, from 51 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 34 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (29) or 3 to 5 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams? These 99 postings come from 75 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (7), [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (5), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (3), [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) (3) and [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) (3). ### Are staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams remote? 14 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 31 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 38 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 40 of the 99 postings. Counted over the 99 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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