> 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 serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=both&travelMin=25 16 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel, from 9 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $209,000 to $239,000. **16** postings · **9** companies · median **$220,000**, half $209,000–$239,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published November 4, 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 [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 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/956ee3b9130c2d1a) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 more 8d ago $200,100–$270,600 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac75979a99501af8) Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 more 2mo ago $200,100–$297,700 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Team Lead (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/932fd0bec7a14bd1) Austin, TX Remote New · 2d ago $230,000–$280,000 [Neo4j](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neo4j) ### [Principal AI Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b057169d1f8a6744) US Remote 7d ago $220,000–$310,000 [Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused) ### [Lead Agent Engineer (Langchain)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5bff43269bd70426) US Remote 6w ago $175,000–$250,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d90215677cacd31e) Austin, TX Remote 12mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Leads the deployment team ### [Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b65ace4a79082c1) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more New · 2d ago $196,700–$329,210 [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 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b091d6ee222c894) VA Remote 5w ago $130,300–$179,200 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Lead Engagement Manager, FDE - Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3172b88f05d8a37e) US · city not listed 6mo ago $143,000–$245,850 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/315e13504a747835) US Remote 2mo ago $141,781–$191,404 [Gyde](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gyde) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of AI Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba7b23671ec1f28a) Austin, TX · New York, NY New · 3d ago $215,000–$245,000 10 of 16 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26recipient%3Dboth%26travelMin%3D25&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel 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 serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel pay? 16 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $220,000, and half of them sit between $209,000 and $239,000, from 9 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel require? Of 16 postings, 13 state a minimum number of years, from 7 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 7 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (3) or 6 to 9 years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams with significant travel? These 16 postings come from 9 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (5), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (2), [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (2), [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) (2) and [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (1). Counted over the 16 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. Travel is the share the posting states. 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