> 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. # Director, Cluster Forward Deployment Engineering Data Center GPU Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcbb2b5305ef3d6b AMD posts a director FDE role to lead deployment teams in Santa Clara, CA with no pay posted. Leads AMD’s customer-embedded engineering engagements and a globally distributed Forward Deployed Engineer team supporting strategic data center, cloud, hyperscale, and AI infrastructure accounts. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) First seen Oct 22, 2026 · open on iCIMS as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted Santa Clara, CA Full-time Leads AMD’s customer-embedded engineering engagements and a globally distributed Forward Deployed Engineer team supporting strategic data center, cloud, hyperscale, and AI infrastructure accounts. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fdcbb2b5305ef3d6b&placement=top) - [View posting at AMD](https://careers.amd.com/jobs/93671) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay Not posted Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Leads the deployment team Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Configuration only - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: People manager ### What they ask for Visa - **No visa sponsorship** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Santa Clara, CA. Could you work there? The posting says no visa sponsorship. Do you need one? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Santa Clara, CA - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Visa sponsorship**: Not available ## More like this [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c7c45228bc8e823) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $210,000–$260,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager II, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/800f27a82298228a) New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 more New · 3d ago $262,000–$364,000 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61aaf790de9aa316) Menlo Park, CA 3w ago $236,000–$339,200 - [Other jobs at AMD (5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) ## What you’ll do - Lead and develop a globally distributed Forward Deployed Engineer team. - Own customer deployment strategy and execution from architecture through production scale. - Resolve complex issues across GPU hardware, firmware, software, and infrastructure. - Represent customer needs in product feedback and roadmap priorities. ## What you’ll bring - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field. - Proven experience leading and scaling teams responsible for customer deployments or technical integration. - Demonstrated experience with hyperscalers, cloud providers, AI infrastructure companies, or enterprise customers. - Deep understanding of GPU deployments, distributed systems, datacenter operations, Linux, Kubernetes, and performance optimization. ## About AMD Designs high-performance and adaptive computing products—CPUs, GPUs, networking and embedded processors—for data centers, PCs, gaming and embedded systems. 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