> 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 serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead&recipient=external&page=29 1,164 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers, from 536 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $170,000 to $230,000. **1,164** postings · **536** companies · **900** with pay · median **$205,000** · middle half $170,000–$230,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 [Usul](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/usul) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc9099f16c8dfd11) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC On-site 3mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Istari Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/istari-digital) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5bfe2d631eb3cf7) Dayton, OH On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Intapp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/intapp) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Firm Deployed Engineer, Private Capital Markets](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ce2e4327ca0aa0b) New York, NY 3mo ago Pay not posted [BackOps.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/backops-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/93166d78a3657405) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf19150e88dcde14) Mclean, VA · Chicago, IL · +8 more Remote 3mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Mistral AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mistral-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/146109157dc6eeb2) Palo Alto, CA Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, New Business](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/562f927e966c34cd) Washington, DC On-site 4mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist (Life Sciences)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99a220aa78f1dd26) Menlo Park, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist (Mid/Senior Levels)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/233c182f95f3a859) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Axle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axle) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Lead Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f1a1b1dbed425317) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $190,000–$240,000 [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae950227da4dd580) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Moment](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/moment) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/66d258c0d56058df) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Watney](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/watney) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ced2a66478d8332) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Axle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axle) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b61799977c4b0a1) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0daca810f2d27dec) US · city not listed 6mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Hanover Park](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hanover-park) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e53137197166408) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/905f2a10e440ea13) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$275,000 [Nevis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nevis) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9d84c5ad8b52253) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Flume Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flume-health) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4471be247f97eff) New York, NY Remote 8mo ago $120,000–$130,000 [Nuvo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nuvo) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/90f33510f658297c) New York, NY 9mo ago $160,000–$220,000 [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Principal Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53d7d40f93a1ea67) New York, NY Hybrid Since 2025 $150,000–$250,000 [Virtru](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/virtru) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d39a13bf908d2f24) Washington, DC Remote 12d ago $190,000–$250,000 [Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead, Integrations Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbfc45d188b6f22e) New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $200,000–$240,000 [Lockheed Martin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lockheed-martin) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Machine Learning Engineering Staff](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa0c4182fab01094) TX 2w ago $120,600–$224,000 [Turbopuffer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turbopuffer) Leads the deployment team ### [head of deployed engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2acf28c1212964da) US · city not listed 2w ago Pay not posted [Verisk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/verisk) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Workforce AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f73588b16a8644e2) Jersey City, NJ Remote 3w ago Pay not posted [Corpay](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/corpay) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Agent Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/518cc79351785185) Brentwood, TN · Peachtree Corners, GA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Impiricus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/impiricus) Proves it works before the sale ### [Product Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fb3adfa1c242b58) New York, NY · Atlanta, GA Remote 2mo ago $170,000–$210,000 [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) Leads the deployment team ### [AI Engagement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51d33e8ea1efb5d6) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $225,000–$255,000 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a777a2e143cc194d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [HiddenLayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hiddenlayer) Proves it works before the sale ### [AI Solutions Architect- Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f0c7b5f29f9f077) US Remote 5mo ago Pay not posted [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) Proves it works before the sale ### [Senior Value Engineer - Banking](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/689f32bb2b9debbc) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $157,000–$183,000 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Account Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4b2ac20ecda3794) San Francisco, CA 5mo ago $143,000–$210,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) Leads the deployment team ### [Director of Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80efef3cae855049) Austin, TX Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/037814d943f2f163) San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 more 7mo ago $188,800–$362,000 [Xtillion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xtillion) Leads the deployment team ### [Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c2b049ff7066d9c4) San Juan, PR 9mo ago Pay not posted [Uncountable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uncountable) Leads the deployment team ### [Engineering Manager, Implementations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed3c833f051d9258) New York, NY Since 2025 $130,000–$150,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/443e90f636abe8b6) San Francisco, CA 9mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [Clay](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clay) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Growth Strategist, Key (Deployment Strategist) - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/966334816069affd) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 12d ago $210,000–$240,000 752 of these 1,164 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dlead%26recipient%3Dexternal%26page%3D29&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dlead%26recipient%3Dexternal%26page%3D29&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers pay? 900 of 1,164 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $230,000, from 367 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers require? Of 1,164 postings, 762 state a minimum number of years, from 371 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 388 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (269), 10 or more years (56) or under 3 years (49). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers? These 1,164 postings come from 536 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (70), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (63), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (35), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (29) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (25). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers remote? 254 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 299 are hybrid and 230 are on-site. The remaining 381 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 621 of the 1,164 postings. Counted over the 1,164 postings in this search. 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