$302,000–$385,000
Staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience
61 postings · 50 companies · 51 state pay: median $260,000, half $233,000–$285,000
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Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$196,700–$329,210
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit
Brooklyn, NY · New York, NY · +4 moreBrooklyn, NY +5Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Irvine, CA · +4 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +5
$184,900–$287,700
$170,000–$300,000
Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs
Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PARaritan, NJ +1
$164,000–$282,900
Vice President, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +3 moreNew York, NY +4
Pay not posted
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$170,000–$300,000
$320,000–$488,750
$170,000–$300,000
$307,600–$468,200
Director — FDE Office (Forward Deployed Engineering)
Austin, TX · Richardson, TXAustin, TX +1
$191,000–$332,000
$169,920–$315,600
$170,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$80,400–$316,300
$203,745–$275,655
Pay not posted
$300,000–$350,000
$189,200–$372,900
$241,000–$390,500
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
Pay not posted
$189,200–$372,900
$211,000–$264,000
$165,000–$190,000
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
All 61 lead deployment teams.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience pay?
51 of 61 postings state a pay range. The median is $260,000, and half of them sit between $233,000 and $285,000, from 40 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 61 postings, 52 state a minimum number of years, from 42 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 25 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (24) or 3 to 5 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience?
These 61 postings come from 50 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (7), Amazon (incl AWS) (2), Citi (Citigroup Inc.) (2), Citigroup (2) and OpenAI (2).
Are staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience remote?
9 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 19 are hybrid and 8 are on-site. The remaining 25 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 32 of the 61 postings.
Counted over the 61 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 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