> 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 jobs that lead deployment teams serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=both&role=leadership 22 forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams serving external customers and internal teams, from 18 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $202,000 to $279,000. **22** postings · **18** companies · 18 state pay: median **$235,000**, half $202,000–$279,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) ### [Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ea0de498fbe1432) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d16eaa1346b1b3b) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 6w ago $200,000–$256,000 [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75b9eec8a84d5e58) Remote, OR Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) ### [Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b144c00238ccf58c) San Diego, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $165,000–$200,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b65ace4a79082c1) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more New · 2d ago $196,700–$329,210 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9f81e00f9c3d172) Brooklyn, NY · New York, NY · +4 more Hybrid New · 4d ago $118,400–$253,000 [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Lead (SVP - Applied AI & Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e85cca059e0668ed) Irving, TX 13d ago $156,160–$234,240 [Johnson & Johnson](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/johnson-johnson) ### [Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04c44465b7f0e445) Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PA 2w ago $164,000–$282,900 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) ### [Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4ea9efe32970402) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Cohere Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere-health) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Healthcare Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d33f4b2e36fed110) US Remote 2w ago $123,000–$148,000 [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f68e58efe7bf09e0) Jersey City, NJ 2w ago $170,000–$300,000 [Broadridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/broadridge) ### [Vice President, Forward Deployed Engineering - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c65904a48758e39) New York, NY 7w ago $210,000–$260,000 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) ### [Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed (Privy)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43fada52a5ce0259) New York, NY 5mo ago $236,000–$354,000 [Cape](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/039f144406f00838) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$275,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3763b34dd9cb0d) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3425d82dd78fb925) New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f395804dbea806e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d92ae048381b8be0) Seattle, WA Hybrid 10mo ago Pay not posted [Gyde](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gyde) ### [Head of AI Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba7b23671ec1f28a) Austin, TX · New York, NY New · 4d ago $215,000–$245,000 [Headstart AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/headstart-ai) ### [Engineering Manager, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7fcca81372b018ea) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $285,000–$285,000 [Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta) ### [Applied AI Engineer - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f22c1bc1523b1cde) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $250,000–$425,000 [Code and Theory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/code-and-theory) ### [Director, Technology - Implementation (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c162ecca06b6da70) New York, NY 4mo ago $150,000–$225,000 All 22 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Frecipient%3Dboth%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) New fde jobs that lead deployment teams serving external customers and internal teams 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 jobs that lead deployment teams serving external customers and internal teams pay? 18 of 22 postings state a pay range. The median is $235,000, and half of them sit between $202,000 and $279,000, from 17 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams serving external customers and internal teams require? Of 22 postings, 15 state a minimum number of years, from 12 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 11 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (3) or 3 to 5 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that lead deployment teams serving external customers and internal teams? These 22 postings come from 18 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (4), [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) (2), [Broadridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/broadridge) (1), [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) (1) and [Cape](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that lead deployment teams serving external customers and internal teams remote? 2 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid and 3 are on-site. The remaining 9 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 5 of the 22 postings. Counted over the 22 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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