$140,000–$190,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience involving pre-sales
52 postings · 41 companies · 39 state pay: median $225,000, half $185,000–$255,000
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Snorkel AIBuilds what the customer runs
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$240,000
$250,000–$280,000
Snorkel AIBuilds what the customer runs
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
Fidelity National Information ServicesBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer
Jacksonville, FL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreJacksonville, FL +3Remote
$179,470–$305,100
$179,500–$224,300
CapeBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal
Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +1 moreArlington, VA +2Hybrid
$175,000–$235,000
$310,000–$350,000
$150,000–$180,000
$200,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
TitanBuilds what the customer runs
Solutions Architect
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
Pay not posted
Fireworks AIBuilds what the customer runs
AI Field Engineer - Strategic Partnerships
San Mateo, CAHybrid
$200,000–$260,000
AnthropicBuilds what the customer runs
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
NominalBuilds what the customer runs
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$150,000–$215,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$215,000–$285,000
$185,000–$235,000
Pay not posted
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Pay not posted
Deloitte USProves it works before the sale
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
CapgeminiLeads the deployment team
Capgemini Invent -Forward Deployed Engineer Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
Pay not posted
Mesh PaymentsLeads the deployment team
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$282,000–$355,000
Deloitte USProves it works before the sale
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
$180,000–$200,000
VercelLeads the deployment team
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
DatadogLeads the deployment team
Datadog for Startups - Forward Deployed Engineering Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$186,500–$311,000
$133,100–$176,400
$320,000–$405,000
IntercomLeads the deployment team
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience involving pre-sales pay?
39 of 52 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $255,000, from 33 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience involving pre-sales require?
Of 52 postings, 29 state a minimum number of years, from 20 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 15 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (7), 10 or more years (4) or under 3 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience involving pre-sales?
These 52 postings come from 41 companies. The employers with the most postings are Realm (5), Anthropic (3), Deloitte US (3), blockstream (2) and Fireworks AI (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience involving pre-sales remote?
15 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 23 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 9 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 31 of the 52 postings.
Counted over the 52 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 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