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# FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with hybrid work serving external customers

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=external&role=leadership&work=hybrid

23 forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams with hybrid work serving external customers, from 21 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $240,000 to $334,000.

**23** postings · **21** companies · 18 state pay: median **$278,000**, half $240,000–$334,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1da2d6eeed3a8943)

New York, NY Hybrid New · Yesterday

$302,000–$385,000

[Newcode](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/newcode)

### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ade0d9c816a13d9b)

Chicago, IL Hybrid New · 4d ago

Pay not posted

[Tennr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tennr)

### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/303e2e4d9994c1d2)

New York, NY Hybrid 9d ago

$170,000–$190,000

[Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile)

### [Director of Forward Deployed Engineering, NORAM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/98b85fdb54aa5074)

New York, NY Hybrid 6w ago

$300,000–$360,000

[Assort Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assort-health)

### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1243f2ee18b869b6)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$210,000–$300,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54e7aaf730f4f453)

New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$302,000–$385,000

[Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger)

### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/042ce9c922f77a92)

Huntsville, AL Hybrid 11mo ago

Pay not posted

[Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh)

### [Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7f6357b3d597caf)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago

$203,745–$275,655

[Viam](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/viam)

### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fab92f133fbaeb2a)

New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$225,000–$300,000

[Mesh Payments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mesh-payments)

### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bddd405ae5a5229)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago

$600,000–$900,000

[Datadog](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datadog)

### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f370cd488dde1342)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4mo ago

$200,000–$250,000

[TENEX.AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tenex-ai)

### [Director of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b08ca8859bab9aa)

Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 more Hybrid 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[Regal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/regal)

### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76ebd2551738d22f)

New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai)

### [VP, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/faa1eb0081473b5e)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago

$268,800–$403,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic)

### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ae92eb53e1e9c1f)

New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago

$320,000–$405,000

[HackerRank](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hackerrank)

### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12ef8eb1592b65b1)

Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CA Hybrid 10mo ago

$300,000–$350,000 · base + variable

[Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc)

### [Lead, Integrations Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbfc45d188b6f22e)

New York, NY Hybrid 13d ago

$200,000–$240,000

[Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix)

### [Intelligence Center X Engineering Manager - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/661a0f7842c19c00)

US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago

$197,300–$394,600

[Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing)

### [AI Engagement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51d33e8ea1efb5d6)

New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$225,000–$255,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b612508e6525cc3)

New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago

$251,000–$335,000

[Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai)

### [AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a777a2e143cc194d)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago

$200,000–$250,000

[webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai)

### [Director of Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80efef3cae855049)

Austin, TX Hybrid 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[Rain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rain)

### [Customer Engineering Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47277f5e42096c1b)

New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago

$200,000–$280,000

All 23 lead deployment teams.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with hybrid work serving external customers pay?

18 of 23 postings state a pay range. The median is $278,000, and half of them sit between $240,000 and $334,000, from 16 companies.

### How much experience do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with hybrid work serving external customers require?

Of 23 postings, 15 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (6).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with hybrid work serving external customers?

These 23 postings come from 21 companies. The employers with the most postings are [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (3), [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) (1), [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (1), [Assort Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assort-health) (1) and [Datadog](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datadog) (1).

### Are FDE jobs that lead deployment teams with hybrid work serving external customers remote?

0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 23 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 11 of the 23 postings.

Counted over the 23 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. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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