$160,000–$190,000
FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience serving external customers
17 postings · 16 companies · 16 state pay: median $246,000, half $215,000–$281,000
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$180,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$240,000–$300,000
$300,000–$360,000
$200,000–$300,000
$302,000–$385,000
$169,920–$315,600
$127,500–$249,350
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$600,000–$900,000
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1
$200,000–$299,000
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$200,000–$240,000
$210,000–$305,000
$150,000–$180,000
$200,000–$280,000
$240,000–$390,000
All 17 lead deployment teams.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience serving external customers pay?
16 of 17 postings state a pay range. The median is $246,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $281,000, from 15 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience serving external customers require?
Of 17 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 7 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (4) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience serving external customers?
These 17 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are Fieldguide (2), Aircall (1), Capgemini (1), Cosmic Robotics (1) and Datadog (1).
Are FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for forward deployed engineering experience serving external customers remote?
4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 3 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 6 of the 17 postings.
Counted over the 17 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · 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