FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience with remote work

• Remote jobs only

Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.

• New York metro2
• SF Bay Area3
• Washington, DC area1
• Atlanta1
• Other or not stated9

Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.

• Any pay
• $150,000+9
• $170,000+9
• $190,000+9
• $210,000+8
• $240,000+5

• On-site6
• Hybrid21
• ✓Remote15
• Not stated / unclear13

• Any type
• Builds what the customer runs
• Plans what the customer deploys first
• Integrates and configures it
• Proves it works before the sale
• Keeps customers running after launch
• Builds for teams inside the company
• Leads the deployment team

Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.

• Senior14
• Staff+1

The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.

• Software engineering103
• Solutions and customer engineering58
• Implementation and data engineering61
• ✓Forward deployed engineering15
• Consulting21

Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.

• Any
• Up to 3 years
• Up to 5 years
• Up to 8 years
• Up to 10 years

• Any time
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days

Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.

• Any
• No travel
• Up to 10%
• Up to 25%
• Up to 50%
• 25% or more

• Individual contributor12
• ✓Technical lead15
• People manager2

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)4
• Growth (Series B–C)5
• Later private3
• Public2
• Subsidiary1

• Writes production code7
• Prototypes and scripts2
• Configuration only5
• No coding1

• Pre-sales / evaluation6
• Proof of concept6
• Implementation / production15
• Ongoing operations13

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)11
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)3
• Some implementation (0–29%)1

• External customers14
• Both1

• Not available1
• Not stated / unclear14

Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.

• About 1–50 people3
• About 51–200 people3
• About 201–1,000 people4
• About 1,001–5,000 people2
• About 5,000+ people3