AHEADBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Technical Consultant – Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security
USRemote
Pay not posted
26 postings · 19 companies · 17 state pay: median $205,000, half $184,000–$226,000
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AHEADBuilds what the customer runs
USRemote
Pay not posted
$158,520–$294,360
$142,800–$304,200
$195,000–$215,000
ServiceNowBuilds what the customer runs
San Francisco, CARemote
$190,900–$334,100
AHEADBuilds what the customer runs
USRemote
Pay not posted
$177,000–$190,000
$180,000–$220,000
$175,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Veeam SoftwareLeads the deployment team
San Jose, CA
$169,920–$315,600
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Leads the deployment team
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1
$170,000–$220,000
AfreshLeads the deployment team
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$203,745–$275,655
Pay not posted
$180,000–$240,000
VerdigrisIntegrates and configures it
US · city not listedHybrid
Pay not posted
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Seattle, WAHybrid
Pay not posted
AircallIntegrates and configures it
New York, NYHybrid
Pay not posted
$177,000–$190,000
$114,600–$234,600
$170,000–$240,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$276,000–$315,000
$141,781–$191,404
Pay not posted
PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company
Denver, CO · San Francisco, CA · +3 moreDenver, CO +4On-site
$147,000–$202,000
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17 of 26 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $226,000, from 14 companies.
Of 26 postings, 25 state a minimum number of years, from 18 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (6), 3 to 5 years (3) or under 3 years (2).
These 26 postings come from 19 companies. The employers with the most postings are AHEAD (3), Celonis (3), Aircall (2), Alation (2) and Veeam Software (2).
11 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid and 2 are on-site. The remaining 5 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 11 of the 26 postings.
Counted over the 26 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings