> 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 involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=both&stage=poc 22 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams, from 18 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $183,000 to $231,000. **22** postings · **18** companies · 20 state pay: median **$214,000**, half $183,000–$231,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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/6bb0ae9f5fef1b81) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 more 10d ago $168,100–$227,400 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19479baf50cbb536) US Remote 4w ago $152,152–$205,405 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineering - Data Science & Integration](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5934da2c82bfef9) Herndon, VA Remote 2mo ago $172,500–$260,100 [Wolters Kluwer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wolters-kluwer) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c705534efb9d64a2) New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 more 2mo ago $215,100–$384,400 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05bf5078ed5d3f1b) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8b339d8be1a9304) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused) ### [Lead Agent Engineer (Langchain)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7cf6884582fe8ca8) Denver, CO Hybrid 6w ago $175,000–$250,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Staff Research Engineer, Applied AI, DeepMind](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/713ebe7e74f1e4c4) Mountain View, CA 7w ago $207,000–$300,000 [Restaurant365](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/restaurant365) ### [Senior Customer Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b9c23c20a3d39bd) Irvine, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$174,000 [Livefront](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/livefront) ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ca282cfcd223796) US Remote 4mo ago $130,000–$175,000 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Leads the deployment team ### [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 [Johnson & Johnson](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/johnson-johnson) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04c44465b7f0e445) Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PA 2w ago $164,000–$282,900 [Broadridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/broadridge) Leads the deployment team ### [Vice President, Forward Deployed Engineering - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c65904a48758e39) New York, NY 7w ago $210,000–$260,000 [Denari](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/denari) Integrates and configures it ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb0031c598a48671) Madison, WI Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Perficient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perficient) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d224a571cb5f2bc) US Remote 5mo ago $118,100–$202,730 [Denari](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/denari) Integrates and configures it ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/859fec4bae2008e1) Madison, WI Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) Integrates and configures it ### [Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac7f57aab926fa58) Nashville, TN 2mo ago $114,600–$234,600 [Wolters Kluwer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wolters-kluwer) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Enterprise Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c632d2359640c59a) Kennesaw, GA · Houston, TX · +1 more New · 6d ago $133,400–$238,400 [Oscar Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oscar-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c220abe3806ddde) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $198,720–$260,820 [Vertex Pharmaceuticals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vertex-pharmaceuticals) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Full Stack AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3d554cffe1ee5e18) Boston, MA Hybrid 3mo ago $166,640–$250,000 [SCAN](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scan) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Staff Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5e27bd34408f446) Long Beach, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $106,200–$182,983 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f561d0a23f932b54) Cupertino, CA 6mo ago $194,600–$293,900 10 of 22 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26recipient%3Dboth%26stage%3Dpoc&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams 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 involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams pay? 20 of 22 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $231,000, from 17 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams require? Of 22 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 12 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 5 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (5) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams? These 22 postings come from 18 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (3), [Denari](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/denari) (2), [Wolters Kluwer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wolters-kluwer) (2), [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (1) and [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams remote? 4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid. The remaining 10 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 8 of the 22 postings. Counted over the 22 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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