> 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 on-site Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead&work=onsite&page=3 266 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads on-site, from 183 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $170,000 to $230,000. **266** postings · **183** companies · 183 state pay: median **$198,000**, half $170,000–$230,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Engineering Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/134ddbfeed5b6395) Pleasanton, CA On-site 3w ago $160,000–$220,000 [Barbaricum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/barbaricum) ### [Senior Palantir Foundry Engineer — Fort Bragg, NC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/880c0ba4c83ef14b) Fort Bragg, NC On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Automotive](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27f62ce9c80d4125) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Sand Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sand-technologies) ### [Technical Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7a3bd5628efadfc) US · city not listed On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent (Spanish speaking)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40c6ef60c2833ae8) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5703d11db556846) Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 more On-site 4w ago $168,100–$227,400 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/44f0de2ca4442dd8) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Two Six Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-six-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/326561de34f2aa71) Arlington, VA · Laurel, MD On-site 4w ago $150,000–$200,000 [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [Deep Learning Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9ccf1587a31f7ec) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Glimpse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glimpse) ### [Founding Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/83ef0ecb2369345d) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $195,000–$250,000 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Industrial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a8815f0bc3b2c5a) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [UniversalAGI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/universalagi) ### [ML Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f181f4f6b048e95d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [Senior VLM & VFM Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f13fd828ebf1e20) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $200,000–$350,000 [Altana](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altana) ### [Senior Staff Implementation Delivery Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28306742057e7321) Washington, DC On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Semiconductor](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba548c631b51d6ee) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Insurance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1b61ff2f39d335e) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d67843846305b6d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $250,000–$300,000 [EXL](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exl) ### [Assistant Vice President](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/206fd4304eb32014) US · city not listed On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Hitachi Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hitachi-energy) ### [Federal Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9798b9bebc97700) Washington, DC On-site 1mo ago $160,000–$205,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Retail](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a79f3412bf6d289) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) ### [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10ec122e743146e7) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $160,000–$500,000 [Axon Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon-enterprise) ### [Mission Engineer - Bulloch](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9296ccd266e7b99b) GA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Raft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/raft) ### [Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1e9109507935f142) Fort Hood, TX On-site 2mo ago $160,000–$220,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f3a7c3d43682b97) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [Data Scientist/Senior Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c6860d2bb7da38b) Redwood City, CA On-site 2mo ago $136,000–$183,000 [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Robotics Integration Engineer, Tech Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fb93c7f671aa958) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 2mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [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 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49f4b4e07400e2cc) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [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 [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 [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 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Healthcare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0887cdce0d974b96) New York, NY On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [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 [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 [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 [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 [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) ### [Principal Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/764c7313fac282e8) Mclean, VA On-site 3mo ago $100,000–$225,000 [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 [Lirvana Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lirvana-labs) ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4186dd5e45b5ba65) Menlo Park, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted 135 of 266 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 on-site pay? 183 of 266 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $230,000, from 123 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads on-site require? Of 266 postings, 152 state a minimum number of years, from 111 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 91 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (36), under 3 years (17) or 10 or more years (8). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads on-site? These 266 postings come from 183 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (10), [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) (7), [Rogo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rogo) (6), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (5) and [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads on-site remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 266 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 118 of the 266 postings. Counted over the 266 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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