OpenAIBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYC
New York, NYHybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience
59 postings · 43 companies · 51 state pay: median $240,000, half $222,000–$264,000
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$124,646–$168,272
$220,000–$245,000
$236,000–$289,000
$185,000–$300,000
$192,010–$274,300
SecurityScorecardBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Austin, TXNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$260,000
Wolters KluwerBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 moreNew York, NY +9
$215,100–$384,400
Snorkel AIBuilds what the customer runs
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$192,010–$274,300
$147,700–$215,000
$230,000–$275,000
$310,000–$350,000
$192,010–$274,300
$240,000–$290,000
PMGBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineering Principal
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
GoogleBuilds what the customer runs
AI Solutions Deployment Manager, Cloud Applied AI, Telco
New York, NY
$183,000–$265,000
ServiceNowBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Staff AI Agent Engineer – Moveworks | Customer Deployment
San Francisco, CARemote
$190,900–$334,100
$183,000–$265,000
$203,745–$275,655
$300,000–$360,000
$210,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$262,000–$364,000
Pay not posted
Director, Forward Deployed Solutions (AI)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5Hybrid
$137,200–$293,500
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$350,000
$189,200–$372,900
MicrosoftPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mclean, VA · Mountain View, CA · +2 moreMclean, VA +3On-site
$154,000–$275,000
Manager, Software Development Engineering, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$186,500–$311,000
$270,800–$310,000
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
$211,800–$291,300
$200,000–$250,000
$240,000–$300,000
Qualified HealthIntegrates and configures it
Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization
USRemote
$190,000–$250,000
$211,800–$291,300
AppleBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Evaluation Platform
Seattle, WA
Pay not posted
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$228,000–$403,200
24 of 59 lead deployment teams.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience pay?
51 of 59 postings state a pay range. The median is $240,000, and half of them sit between $222,000 and $264,000, from 36 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience require?
Of 59 postings, 32 state a minimum number of years, from 26 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (12) or 3 to 5 years (6).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience?
These 59 postings come from 43 companies. The employers with the most postings are Google (3), Kong (3), OpenAI (3), Snorkel AI (3) and Thomson Reuters (3).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience remote?
19 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 24 are hybrid and 2 are on-site. The remaining 14 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 23 of the 59 postings.
Counted over the 59 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. · How we read postings