$302,000–$385,000
FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience with significant travel
27 postings · 17 companies · 22 state pay: median $281,000, half $237,000–$281,000
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$189,200–$372,900
$302,000–$385,000
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$196,700–$329,210
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Irvine, CA · +4 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +5
$184,900–$287,700
Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs
Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PARaritan, NJ +1
$164,000–$282,900
$320,000–$488,750
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$80,400–$316,300
$203,745–$275,655
Pay not posted
$189,200–$372,900
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
$211,000–$264,000
$189,200–$372,900
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2Remote
Pay not posted
$320,000–$405,000
$189,200–$372,900
Pay not posted
$189,200–$372,900
$189,200–$372,900
$223,700–$372,900
$189,200–$372,900
$215,000–$245,000
$220,000–$292,000
$200,000–$250,000
All 27 lead deployment teams.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience with significant travel pay?
22 of 27 postings state a pay range. The median is $281,000, and half of them sit between $237,000 and $281,000, from 13 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience with significant travel require?
Of 27 postings, 22 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (9) or 3 to 5 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience with significant travel?
These 27 postings come from 17 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (8), Amazon (incl AWS) (2), Govini (2), OpenAI (2) and Accenture (1).
Are FDE jobs that lead deployment teams asking for software engineering experience with significant travel remote?
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 1 are on-site. The remaining 17 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 27 of the 27 postings.
Counted over the 27 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings