$215,100–$384,400
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams
23 postings · 21 companies · 20 state pay: median $209,000, half $180,000–$246,000
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$230,000–$275,000
$156,060–$211,140
$168,912–$253,368
$132,200–$211,500
$149,800–$262,200
$207,000–$300,000
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$220,000–$275,000
$125,400–$215,975
Cadre AILeads the deployment team
Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA
San Diego, CAHybrid
$165,000–$200,000
$215,000–$275,000
EYIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$144,000–$374,000
$142,800–$331,200
$137,000–$270,000
$160,000–$200,000
RelativityBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$181,000–$271,000
$106,200–$182,983
HARMAN InternationalBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Engineer - Supply Chain AI Solutions
Novi, MIHybrid
$125,250–$183,700
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Staff Data Engineer
Chicago, IL · Westmont, ILChicago, IL +1On-site
$160,000–$200,000
$194,600–$293,900
11 of 23 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams pay?
20 of 23 postings state a pay range. The median is $209,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $246,000, from 18 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 23 postings, 17 state a minimum number of years, from 16 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (5) or 3 to 5 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams?
These 23 postings come from 21 companies. The employers with the most postings are Afresh (2), SCAN (2), AMD (1), Apple (1) and Broadcom (1).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams remote?
5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 2 are on-site. The remaining 7 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 4 of the 23 postings.
Counted over the 23 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