> 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 Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&stage=poc 185 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs involving proof of concept, from 132 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $195,000 to $271,000. **185** postings · **132** companies · 164 state pay: median **$225,000**, half $195,000–$271,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/531129e17d951cad) Seattle, WA · Mclean, VA Remote New · 2d ago $180,000–$240,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/146d6ad38b32164b) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 more New · 3d ago $168,100–$227,400 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0fe67c4c90ee64d6) Menlo Park, CA 8d ago $200,000–$287,500 [UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ukg-ultimate-kronos-group) Builds what the customer runs ### [Sr Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c9c55dd0c886058) Seattle, WA 13d ago $145,600–$240,695 [PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15b28a239b800a08) New York, NY Remote 2w ago $191,000–$289,300 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [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 [Aerovy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aerovy) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ed9b7623426bad3) Seattle, WA Hybrid 3w ago $150,000–$200,000 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19479baf50cbb536) US Remote 4w ago $152,152–$205,405 [PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ae51c535b88f698) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $191,000–$289,300 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5bf574259f324a9) Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 more 10d ago $168,100–$250,200 [Fractal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fractal) Builds what the customer runs ### [Lead Architect, Forward Deployed Engineer (Cogentiq)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40b31d1c664168e1) New York, NY On-site 4w ago Up to $185,000 [Uniphore](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uniphore) Builds what the customer runs ### [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) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6d3e67e51b2bef4) San Francisco, CA Remote 4w ago $198,000–$319,000/mo [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ff23fbf052dee22) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [Vizient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vizient) Builds what the customer runs ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a763f86949ce779a) Chicago, IL · Irving, TX · +1 more 5w ago $117,600–$206,000 [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b90677b8c9d0226) San Jose, CA Hybrid 6w ago $158,520–$294,360 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d0c2690ef3af1c0) US Remote 7w ago $124,646–$168,272 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [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 [Kyndryl (Professional)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kyndryl-professional) Builds what the customer runs ### [Associate Director, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a204231637b09953) Frisco, TX Hybrid 7w ago $143,640–$273,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d71e3d95228a376e) New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 more 7w ago $112,900–$302,400 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3654e0e90e2207e8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7w ago $185,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01117a360ce4eb64) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Fun](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fun) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/944c41215ca0aca1) New York, NY Hybrid 1mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Builds what the customer runs ### [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) Builds what the customer runs ### [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) Builds what the customer runs ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1132657e1724cf67) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a54d450f761a8e3) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$320,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Builds what the customer runs ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bd281fd02dd5ebf) US · city not listed Hybrid 2mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0048527666072851) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $168,912–$253,368 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23de35c0893990fc) Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [Sequen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sequen) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff+ Forward Deployed Research Engineer – Ranking](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/263f46108ecd5df3) US Remote 4mo ago $300,000–$350,000 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Applied AI Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e68bc5680577be8) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $200,000–$270,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7450160035e263a5) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $252,000–$315,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8b339d8be1a9304) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [DigitalOcean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/digitalocean) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Forward Deployed Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4078b92dfa142527) Seattle, WA Hybrid 6mo ago $220,000–$239,000 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/509559a2545bb60e) US Remote 11mo ago $200,000–$225,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19bb1237798f4e23) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 12mo ago $210,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e25936c11460ec5d) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [DigitalOcean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/digitalocean) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Forward Deployed Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5cb0666417640fff) San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago $220,000–$239,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3087cf6a8723dff6) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more On-site 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26stage%3Dpoc&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs involving proof of concept 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 pay? 164 of 185 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $195,000 and $271,000, from 115 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept require? Of 185 postings, 142 state a minimum number of years, from 104 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 67 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (36), 10 or more years (35) or under 3 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept? These 185 postings come from 132 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (12), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (9), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (7), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (3) and [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (3). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept remote? 35 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 53 are hybrid and 29 are on-site. The remaining 68 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 77 of the 185 postings. Counted over the 185 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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