$185,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience
28 postings · 23 companies · 24 state pay: median $225,000, half $198,000–$251,000
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MicrosoftPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
Qualified HealthIntegrates and configures it
Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization
USRemote
$190,000–$250,000
AppleBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Evaluation Platform
Seattle, WA
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000
OpenAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Technical Deployment Lead, Semiconductors - Texas
USRemote
$176,000–$224,000
SnowflakeIntegrates and configures it
Principal Solutions Architect - AI/ML, Services Delivery
New York, NY
$196,000–$257,200
Pay not posted
$180,000–$235,000
SnowflakeIntegrates and configures it
Principal Solutions Architect - AI/ML - Services Delivery
USRemote
$160,000–$210,000
Cerebras SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff AI Engineer – Business Systems
Sunnyvale, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
ImpiricusProves it works before the sale
Product Solutions Architect
New York, NY · Atlanta, GANew York, NY +1Remote
$170,000–$210,000
Thomson ReutersBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Forward Engineer
Eagan, MN · Frisco, TXEagan, MN +1Hybrid
$118,400–$219,800
Pay not posted
15 of 28 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience pay?
24 of 28 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $198,000 and $251,000, from 20 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience require?
Of 28 postings, 15 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (5) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience?
These 28 postings come from 23 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (3), Apple (2), Google (2), Snowflake (2) and AHEAD (1).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience remote?
11 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid. The remaining 8 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 9 of the 28 postings.
Counted over the 28 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