> 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 involving pre-sales with significant travel Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead&stage=presales&travelMin=25 122 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales with significant travel, from 53 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $180,000 to $243,000. **122** postings · **53** companies · 104 state pay: median **$213,000**, half $180,000–$243,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a5eb13cea3121c0) San Francisco, CA Hybrid New · Today $185,000–$300,000 [Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac5fd29248cce193) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $136,000–$216,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6820987055206e6d) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 3w ago $280,000–$320,000 [Axion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axion) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ec0997b44e02dad) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago $220,000–$270,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c5efd2cc66aab827) New York, NY Hybrid New · Today $185,000–$300,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Banking Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Products & Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e238dc72a7bb205) Multiple US offices 4w ago $105,400–$207,800 [Docker, Inc](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/docker-inc) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6d3e67e51b2bef4) San Francisco, CA Remote 4w ago $198,000–$319,000/mo [alliant](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alliant) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d481950a10f5d32a) Houston, TX 4w ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed060b61e687230f) New York, NY Hybrid New · Today $185,000–$300,000 [Buzz Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/buzz-solutions) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0cca979e149aa7fe) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Guild.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/guild-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9d5934309cf265c1) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $180,000–$300,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior AWS Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6dc8aa65995887a8) Multiple US offices 6w ago $155,600–$306,800 [E Source](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/e-source) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer IV, Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/396ede03d220d4a3) US Remote 7w ago $175,000–$200,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/74fe6961648194f3) New York, NY Hybrid 7w ago $185,000–$300,000 [Blank Metal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blank-metal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3715751b9e2cf0bd) Minneapolis, MN Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, BankingSuite (Manager) - Products & Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/84520d7dd356fc60) Multiple US offices 6w ago $134,500–$266,100 [E Source](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/e-source) ### [Forward Deployed AI/ML Engineer IV](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/02efb6a2b3ef3206) US Remote 7w ago $175,000–$200,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8a4d49298c2cba9) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $185,000–$300,000 [Realm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/realm) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Chicago](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/026c2bf8e15d9b23) Chicago, IL Remote 3mo ago $115,000–$200,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [AWS Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b9816073a14b786e) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/84d3c197dd7d036c) US · city not listed Hybrid 3mo ago $152,900–$210,155 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - Seattle](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ca5bc04c7c47781) Seattle, WA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$300,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a2699b7543b21aad) Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 more Hybrid 5mo ago $62,800–$220,400 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Cyber Manager - Technology Resilience FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fe6ba65fc638592) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Maybern](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maybern) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c18002efe428515) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $310,000–$350,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a45fcd1a4989ef65) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$300,000 [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 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d0271a1120e18c8e) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [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 [Liatrio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liatrio) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed01f136f05c7a42) US Remote 22mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e59b51c8919f8bfb) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Microsoft AI & Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/058842f6828047b1) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Google Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e43f7020fb07d9b) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Microsoft AI & Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4029ebbed055418) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7cdb7efb72730ee4) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6082950abcf81020) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae6f63460c2b912e) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer- AWS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ddbac2a0e2e9909f) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/846556254a1d0631) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Microsoft AI&Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ea56143c4962635c) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 65 of 122 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dlead%26stage%3Dpresales%26travelMin%3D25&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales with significant travel 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 FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales with significant travel pay? 104 of 122 postings state a pay range. The median is $213,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $243,000, from 39 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales with significant travel require? Of 122 postings, 93 state a minimum number of years, from 40 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 51 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (26), 10 or more years (11) or under 3 years (5). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales with significant travel? These 122 postings come from 53 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (37), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (8), [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) (6), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (5) and [Realm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/realm) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales with significant travel remote? 33 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 24 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 49 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 122 of the 122 postings. Counted over the 122 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. Travel is the share the posting states. 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