Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$200,100–$297,700
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience
842 postings · 409 companies · 684 state pay: median $210,000, half $178,000–$231,000
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$80,400–$316,300
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, Insurance Growth Suite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
$155,600–$306,800
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$138,800–$434,000
Cyber Identity - FDE Senior Consultant - Senior Engineering Management Specialist
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$155,600–$306,800
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$134,500–$265,100
$189,200–$372,900
Partner Engineer, Payments & Financial Technologies
Menlo Park, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreMenlo Park, CA +2
$149,000–$210,000
$145,000–$165,000
Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Technical Delivery, Google Public Sector
Reston, VA · Washington, DCReston, VA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$175,000–$215,000
$150,000–$185,000
Pay not posted
$165,604–$228,491
Pay not posted
Senior Integration Engineer – AI - Tax And Audit AI
Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · +3 moreBrooklyn, NY +4Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$165,600–$331,200
$165,604–$228,491
Senior Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Austin, TX · +3 moreReston, VA +4Remote
$218,600–$344,700
Senior/Staff Full Stack Software Engineer, Federal
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
Senior/Staff Full Stack Software Engineer, Federal
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
$95,000–$130,000
Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 moreReston, VA +7Remote
$246,800–$394,300
ML Ops DSX Senior Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
Pay not posted
$80,400–$266,300
Pay not posted
$172,500–$194,000
$120,000–$170,000
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
Pay not posted
$120,000–$180,000
$125,000–$150,000
$101,144–$174,591
$224,000–$431,250
$130,000–$195,000
543 of 842 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience pay?
684 of 842 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $178,000 and $231,000, from 297 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 842 postings, 706 state a minimum number of years, from 373 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 329 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (278), 10 or more years (71) or under 3 years (28).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience?
These 842 postings come from 409 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (61), Deloitte US (58), Amazon (incl AWS) (40), Accenture (20) and NVIDIA (20).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for software engineering experience remote?
176 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 195 are hybrid and 111 are on-site. The remaining 360 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 414 of the 842 postings.
Counted over the 842 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · 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