$185,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel
80 postings · 46 companies · 70 state pay: median $214,000, half $182,000–$243,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$165,830–$243,142
$150,000–$170,000
$180,000–$255,000
$201,300–$352,300
$105,400–$207,800
$198,000–$319,000/mo
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$105,400–$207,800
$180,000–$300,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$185,000–$300,000
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, BankingSuite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$266,100
$165,000–$185,000
$310,000–$350,000
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$233,000
$185,000–$300,000
$185,000–$300,000
$185,000–$300,000
$185,000–$300,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$200,100–$270,600
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, Insurance Growth Suite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$200,100–$297,700
$143,200–$243,400
$180,000–$220,000
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
$141,200–$278,300
$190,900–$334,100
Pay not posted
$150,000–$215,000
$122,000–$240,500
OpenAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
39 of 80 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel pay?
70 of 80 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $182,000 and $243,000, from 37 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel require?
Of 80 postings, 66 state a minimum number of years, from 41 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 31 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (24), 10 or more years (8) or under 3 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel?
These 80 postings come from 46 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (13), Deloitte US (8), Rivet Industries (5), Amazon (incl AWS) (4) and ServiceNow (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel remote?
26 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 24 are hybrid and 12 are on-site. The remaining 18 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 80 of the 80 postings.
Counted over the 80 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