$200,000–$225,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience
243 postings · 161 companies · 215 state pay: median $225,000, half $186,000–$260,000
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reflection.aiBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - LLM Post-training
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
$180,000–$400,000
$132,200–$211,500
$189,200–$372,900
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds what the customer runs
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
AI - Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE Senior Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$112,900–$366,300
$132,200–$211,500
Pay not posted
$190,200–$360,500
AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$80,400–$305,000
AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$166,500–$291,400
$207,000–$300,000
$190,000–$230,000
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
$160,000–$205,000
TrueFoundryBuilds what the customer runs
Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)
San Mateo, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Agentic Identity Security Manager
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$80,400–$293,800
CapgeminiBuilds what the customer runs
Agentic AI Architect / Lead - Snowflake Cortex
Arlington, VAHybrid
$90,786–$120,673
GoogleBuilds what the customer runs
AI Solutions Deployment Manager, Cloud Applied AI, Telco
New York, NY
$183,000–$265,000
AMDBuilds what the customer runs
Sr. Manager Agentic AI / Data Software Development - DC GPU
San Jose, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
AI Native Software Engineering Senior Manager/Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$112,900–$366,300
Pay not posted
$183,000–$265,000
$200,000–$275,000
CapcoBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Consultant – Semantic Data & AI Engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$146,000–$183,000
ServiceNowBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Staff Applications Development Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
$190,900–$334,100
GoogleBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Applied AI Agent Developer
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$207,000–$300,000
Applied IntuitionBuilds what the customer runs
Robotics Integration Engineer (TL)
Sunnyvale, CAOn-site
$180,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$180,000–$225,000
$200,000–$400,000
StripeBuilds what the customer runs
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
$100,000–$225,000
GenesysBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
CoreWeaveBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles
San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CASan Francisco, CA +1
$177,000–$237,000
$200,000–$400,000
$124,900–$228,900
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience pay?
215 of 243 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $186,000 and $260,000, from 140 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 243 postings, 168 state a minimum number of years, from 117 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 90 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (41), 10 or more years (35) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience?
These 243 postings come from 161 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (9), Amazon (incl AWS) (9), Deloitte US (9), Google (7) and Microsoft (6).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience remote?
45 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 79 are hybrid and 38 are on-site. The remaining 81 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 93 of the 243 postings.
Counted over the 243 postings in this search. Postings read on September 22, 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. · How we read postings