$133,400–$226,800
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience
43 postings · 32 companies · 39 state pay: median $235,000, half $212,000–$261,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$152,152–$205,405
$198,000–$319,000/mo
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
$158,520–$294,360
$124,646–$168,272
$185,000–$300,000
$215,100–$384,400
$310,000–$350,000
$240,000–$290,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$200,100–$270,600
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$200,100–$297,700
Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 moreReston, VA +7Remote
$246,800–$394,300
$224,000–$431,250
$207,000–$300,000
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
$195,000–$250,000
$234,000–$286,000
$166,500–$291,400
$130,000–$174,000
$105,910–$160,200
$160,000–$250,000
$190,900–$334,100
$230,000–$294,000
$175,000–$225,000
AircallLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1
$200,000–$256,000
$230,000–$294,000
$192,610–$338,994
MicrosoftPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
VerdigrisIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer — Strategic Solutions, Integration & Delivery
US · city not listedHybrid
Pay not posted
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
$210,000–$232,500
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Solutions Engineering
Seattle, WAHybrid
Pay not posted
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Solutions Engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Pay not posted
$160,000–$210,000
$170,000–$240,000 · OTE
$207,000–$294,000
25 of 43 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience pay?
39 of 43 postings state a pay range. The median is $235,000, and half of them sit between $212,000 and $261,000, from 30 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience require?
Of 43 postings, 37 state a minimum number of years, from 29 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 19 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (9), 3 to 5 years (7) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience?
These 43 postings come from 32 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (4), Aircall (3), Amazon (incl AWS) (3), Alation (2) and BetterUp (2).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience remote?
13 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 14 are hybrid and 3 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 17 of the 43 postings.
Counted over the 43 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 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