> 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=9 1,159 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers, from 537 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $170,000 to $229,000. **1,159** postings · **537** companies · 899 state pay: median **$205,000**, half $170,000–$229,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Tessera Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tessera-labs) ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/478f6651d1af72b7) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago $180,000–$233,000 [Strider Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strider-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5cffb28dacce7e4) Tysons Corner, VA Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [iboss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/iboss) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c6133385ba05b2b8) US · city not listed 6mo ago Pay not posted [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Oahu (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ef1b644051eba72) HI On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [Latent Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/latent-labs) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4843311e7516437c) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/95420126850f392b) San Francisco, CA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [iboss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/iboss) ### [Federal Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Active Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e367567719a0ccf) US · city not listed 7mo ago Pay not posted [Valthos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/valthos) ### [Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e418fd55eefa7dc) New York, NY On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [Telnyx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/telnyx) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b1805ac4dba0f6b) New York, NY · Dallas, TX Remote 8mo ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9bc592561200f48c) Seattle, WA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92abff21b2d86629) Washington, DC Remote 8mo ago $180,000–$245,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5f41ce33de88dfc) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remote Remote 8mo ago $160,000–$400,000 · OTE [Clarion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarion) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/518778ab88c2b41c) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46c78f968e3fc7c2) Philadelphia, PA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Photon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/photon) ### [Agentic AI FDE | USA | FTE Only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/205bc649246b6f0c) US · city not listed 8mo ago $80,000–$280,000 [Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c22addb5ab9c453e) New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago $240,000–$290,000 [depthfirst](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/depthfirst) ### [Forward-Deployed Security Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e88fe1e2afe6239) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8e4d676d2dfc0169) Boston, MA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Los Angeles)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/566c5c17b7aead82) Los Angeles, CA On-site 8mo ago $145,000–$175,000 [Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3291e298a1e16490) New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago $175,000–$265,000 [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/810a83a439150568) New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $160,000–$270,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/704d1659bf81f03b) Philadelphia, PA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Tribe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tribe-ai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/814f702899aee46e) US Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/factory) ### [Member of Deployed Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d0cc60298a71dcf) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more On-site 9mo ago Pay not posted [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8fa837be33ce43d6) US Remote 9mo ago $160,000–$270,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/338459390880942d) Philadelphia, PA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Sema4.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sema4-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7f80586ba2ff833) Atlanta, GA Hybrid 10mo ago Pay not posted [Auctor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/auctor) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ff51afc438245f01) New York, NY On-site 10mo ago $175,000–$290,000 [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c77cf92a5eebfe8) Mountain View, CA Hybrid 9mo ago $160,000–$270,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/748f506f13b157a9) Atlanta, GA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Summation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/summation) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/08d1243bbe691639) Bellevue, WA Hybrid 11mo ago $170,000–$200,000 [Pear-VC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pear-vc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Solutions) - Atrix](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16e92c2468a37b1b) New York, NY Hybrid 11mo ago Pay not posted [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/509559a2545bb60e) US Remote 11mo ago $200,000–$225,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c91e1150396e11a) Austin, TX 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Avoca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avoca) ### [Forward Deployed Product Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57179ba1a8531a2e) New York, NY On-site 11mo ago $160,000–$300,000 [Arini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arini) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14092de3c283aff7) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $120,000–$300,000 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e50ef812df3112a) US Remote 11mo ago $150,000–$175,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa322acb6534a1d5) Dallas, TX 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc8070eaf3deefc7) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $140,000–$260,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19bb1237798f4e23) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 12mo ago $210,000–$300,000 744 of 1,159 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 serving external customers pay? 899 of 1,159 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $229,000, from 370 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers require? Of 1,159 postings, 761 state a minimum number of years, from 373 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 388 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (267), 10 or more years (58) or under 3 years (48). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers? These 1,159 postings come from 537 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), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (25) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (25). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers remote? 251 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 290 are hybrid and 234 are on-site. The remaining 384 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 616 of the 1,159 postings. Counted over the 1,159 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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