$185,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers
70 postings · 32 companies · 63 state pay: median $224,000, half $186,000–$261,000
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AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$192,010–$274,300
$200,000–$260,000
$185,000–$300,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$192,010–$274,300
$142,800–$304,200
$147,700–$215,000
$182,000–$250,208
$192,010–$274,300
$240,000–$290,000
$189,200–$372,900
$142,800–$304,200
AI - Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE Senior Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$112,900–$366,300
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$80,400–$305,000
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$160,000–$205,000
$190,900–$334,100
$146,000–$183,000
Senior Agentic Identity Security Manager
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$80,400–$293,800
$180,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
$100,000–$225,000
AI Native Software Engineering Senior Manager/Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$112,900–$366,300
$90,000–$200,000
$205,200–$360,800
$100,000–$225,000
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
$90,000–$200,000
$163,000–$190,000
$100,000–$225,000
$90,000–$200,000
$90,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
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Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$300,000–$360,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
38 of 70 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers pay?
63 of 70 postings state a pay range. The median is $224,000, and half of them sit between $186,000 and $261,000, from 29 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers require?
Of 70 postings, 46 state a minimum number of years, from 25 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 22 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (15) or 3 to 5 years (9).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers?
These 70 postings come from 32 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (9), Accenture (8), CapTech Consulting (8), Appian (4) and Qualified Health (4).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for implementation and data engineering experience serving external customers remote?
16 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 23 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 25 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 44 of the 70 postings.
Counted over the 70 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 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