> 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. # FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead&stage=operations&page=12 1,037 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations, from 556 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $173,000 to $230,000. **1,037** postings · **556** companies · 813 state pay: median **$203,000**, half $173,000–$230,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [CliftonLarsonAllen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cliftonlarsonallen) ### [Lead Palantir Application Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d09af06dfff497d2) Dallas, TX · Tempe, AZ · +23 more 2mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09325e57b2170045) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $131,000–$218,300 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Federal)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40118733a4b00450) Washington, DC Remote 2mo ago $185,000–$300,000 · OTE [Kaizen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kaizen) ### [Senior Cleared Software Engineer (TS/SCI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f59cb75e2dc611b) New York, NY · Washington, DC Hybrid 2mo ago $220,000–$280,000 [Amplitude](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amplitude) ### [Senior Software Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aef2257b5e0e7b37) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $183,000–$276,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1e9c05699af49ee9) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $107,700–$179,500 [Sand Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sand-technologies) ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6df734610e7e90a) US · city not listed On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Via](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/via) ### [Staff Engineer, AI Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0bfd7703f20b43d2) New York, NY 2mo ago $250,000–$300,000 [Marsh & McLennan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/marsh-mclennan) ### [Oliver Wyman - Senior Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49b37c220780b79b) New York, NY · Boston, MA Hybrid 2mo ago $195,000–$250,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97c77738f88c05c8) Huntsville, AL 2mo ago Pay not posted [Capco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capco) ### [Principal Consultant – Semantic Data & AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67092a02a2043ad9) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $146,000–$183,000 [Ekimetrics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ekimetrics) ### [Senior Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/329af33ff94649a5) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f47692deaec94223) Huntsville, AL 2mo ago Pay not posted [Axon Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon-enterprise) ### [Mission Engineer - Colorado Springs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ab174c19e8b1e22) Colorado Springs, CO On-site 2mo ago $127,500–$204,000 [Muon Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/muon-space) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Government Programs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33e01719a9120cc9) VA 2mo ago $202,000–$225,000 [phData](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phdata) ### [ Principal Machine Learning Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab034e10862d5318) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Samsara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samsara) ### [Solutions Integration Engineer IV](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/81d21a9b115bb353) Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · +3 more Remote 3mo ago $105,910–$160,200 [Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta) ### [Founding Applied AI Engineer - Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bd309b8539deca60) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $150,000–$400,000 [Baseten](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baseten) ### [AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d9dd26df1b19851) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $165,000–$330,000 [phData](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phdata) ### [Machine Learning Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f112b0f140d0eadf) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Healthcare Integrations Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f70a270105c7febe) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $150,000–$290,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ff1ce35a22b105f) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Redapt, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/redapt-inc) ### [Senior AI Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b32f7185f2c283e4) Las Vegas, NV 3mo ago Pay not posted [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) ### [Integration Engineer, Professional Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/559119d309732ed4) New York, NY · Seattle, WA · US remote Remote 3mo ago $190,400–$285,600 [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/592a2153423a33f3) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55e8a726e8f37fe4) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) ### [Principal AI Engineering Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9faf33c159661967) US Remote 3mo ago $180,375–$230,625 [Ultralytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ultralytics) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/85a1bd886c280432) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Early Access Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0443856f84cf3e77) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $250,000–$330,000 [Shield AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shield-ai) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cffaf17fd03b9d30) Washington, DC On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Casper Studios](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/casper-studios) ### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ced696cc688023e) US Remote 3mo ago $90,000–$180,000 [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) ### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf236dfac408a8bc) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $177,000–$190,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Sign in with ChatGPT](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/13ce38a01a32be33) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $197,000–$280,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Engagement Tech Lead, Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/035a4a88c75a4907) Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 3mo ago $224,000–$431,250 [Levelpath](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/levelpath) ### [Integrations Engineer (San Francisco)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dec4152c2efa9afc) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $165,000–$240,000 [Sand Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sand-technologies) ### [Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b926af1ea4bc7c6b) Baltimore, MD On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Plugins](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b8424d0e52850251) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $197,000–$280,000 [Livefront](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/livefront) ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ca282cfcd223796) US Remote 4mo ago $130,000–$175,000 [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) ### [Principal AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3261fbaa1764b97e) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted 558 of 1,037 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations pay? 813 of 1,037 postings state a pay range. The median is $203,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $230,000, from 403 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations require? Of 1,037 postings, 722 state a minimum number of years, from 408 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 343 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (266), 10 or more years (63) or under 3 years (50). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations? These 1,037 postings come from 556 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (38), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (28), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (24), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (20) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (18). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations remote? 237 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 270 are hybrid and 202 are on-site. The remaining 328 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 461 of the 1,037 postings. Counted over the 1,037 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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