$155,600–$306,800
FDE and deployment jobs for people managers asking for solutions and customer engineering experience
27 postings · 22 companies · 26 state pay: median $258,000, half $236,000–$284,000
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$203,745–$275,655
$300,000–$360,000
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$262,000–$364,000
$210,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Director, Forward Deployed Solutions (AI)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5Hybrid
$137,200–$293,500
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreAustin, TX +2Hybrid
$234,000–$310,000
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$350,000
$189,200–$372,900
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mclean, VA · Mountain View, CA · +2 moreMclean, VA +3On-site
$154,000–$275,000
$97,600–$164,492
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
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
$211,800–$291,300
$320,000–$405,000
$252,000–$280,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
$220,000–$350,000
Manager, Implementation Architects- New York City
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$195,000–$275,000
$200,000–$280,000
26 of 27 lead deployment teams.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers asking for solutions and customer engineering experience pay?
26 of 27 postings state a pay range. The median is $258,000, and half of them sit between $236,000 and $284,000, from 21 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers asking for solutions and customer engineering experience require?
Of 27 postings, 16 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 10 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (5) or 3 to 5 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for people managers asking for solutions and customer engineering experience?
These 27 postings come from 22 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (3), Databricks (2), Snorkel AI (2), Thomson Reuters (2) and Accrete AI (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for people managers asking for solutions and customer engineering experience remote?
4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 15 are hybrid and 2 are on-site. The remaining 6 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 14 of the 27 postings.
Counted over the 27 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 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. · How we read postings