$185,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel
116 postings · 73 companies · 97 state pay: median $214,000, half $175,000–$243,000
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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
$142,800–$304,200
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
$95,000–$160,000
$130,000–$185,000
$190,900–$334,100
$122,000–$240,500
Pay not posted
$150,000–$215,000
OpenAILeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services
New York, NYHybrid
$302,000–$385,000
CogniteProves it works before the sale
Senior Field Engineer (Pre-Sales/Forward Deployed)
Houston, TX · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
$90,000–$160,000
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
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
$215,000–$285,000
Pay not posted
$230,000–$294,000
$230,000–$294,000
$302,000–$385,000
$192,610–$338,994
Johnson & JohnsonLeads the deployment team
Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs
Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PARaritan, NJ +1
$164,000–$282,900
$320,000–$488,750
Dynamo AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC
Pay not posted
Bolo AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Product Manager
Palo Alto, CA · Houston, TXPalo Alto, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
AfreshLeads the deployment team
Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$203,745–$275,655
Pay not posted
Deloitte USProves it works before the sale
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
SitrepsPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
MicrosoftPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
ArtisanPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed GTM Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$180,000
Deloitte USProves it works before the sale
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
Shield AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$180,000
$170,000–$225,000
55 of 116 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel pay?
97 of 116 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $175,000 and $243,000, from 56 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel require?
Of 116 postings, 93 state a minimum number of years, from 61 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 42 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (31), 10 or more years (13) or under 3 years (7).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel?
These 116 postings come from 73 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (16), Deloitte US (8), Rivet Industries (5), Amazon (incl AWS) (4) and LangChain (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience with significant travel remote?
34 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 38 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 27 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 116 of the 116 postings.
Counted over the 116 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