$185,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience with significant travel
53 postings · 26 companies · 50 state pay: median $237,000, half $211,000–$275,000
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Senior Healthcare Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
$80,400–$316,300
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$168,100–$250,200
$142,800–$304,200
$182,000–$250,208
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$180,000–$233,000
$142,800–$304,200
$160,000–$270,000
$250,000–$300,000
$235,000–$315,000
$189,200–$372,900
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
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
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$220,000–$292,000
Senior Agentic Identity Security Manager
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$80,400–$293,800
AI Native Software Engineering Senior Manager/Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$112,900–$366,300
AfreshLeads the deployment team
Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$203,745–$275,655
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$184,900–$287,700
$138,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$62,800–$218,800
$137,000–$270,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, FDE US Government
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
MicrosoftPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
$211,000–$264,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, FDE US Government
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
$240,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
24 of 53 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience with significant travel pay?
50 of 53 postings state a pay range. The median is $237,000, and half of them sit between $211,000 and $275,000, from 23 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience with significant travel require?
Of 53 postings, 42 state a minimum number of years, from 22 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 19 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (16), 3 to 5 years (6) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience with significant travel?
These 53 postings come from 26 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (9), Amazon (incl AWS) (8), Deloitte US (8), Microsoft (3) and Anduril (2).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience with significant travel remote?
7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 15 are hybrid and 1 are on-site. The remaining 30 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 53 of the 53 postings.
Counted over the 53 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings