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$190,000–$265,000
TitanProduction engineering
Solutions Architect
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
Pay not posted
Cadence Design SystemsProduction engineering
Principal AI Forward Deployment Engineer
Portland, OR · Cary, NCPortland, OR +1On-site
Pay not posted
$196,000–$223,000
$152,000–$241,500
Pay not posted
FriendliAIProduction engineering
Solutions Architect - AI Inference Specialist
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
NODA AIProduction engineering
Senior Solution Engineer / Solution Architect
Austin, TX · Washington, DCAustin, TX +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$123,000–$156,000
$115,520–$198,360
$125,000–$200,000
$120,000–$160,000
$199,800–$222,000
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
CiscoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer Secure Services Edge (Remote)
Austin, TXRemote
$166,300–$307,800
$230,000–$280,000 · OTE
GoogleImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto
Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WAMountain View, CA +1
$152,000–$221,000
$100,000–$115,000
NotionDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$165,000–$205,000 · OTE
Up to $135,000
$106,100–$178,770
$128,000–$173,000
$146,400–$219,600
$150,000–$250,000
$97,600–$164,492
Pay not posted
$150,000–$195,000
$140,000–$200,000
$180,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
ArtisanDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed GTM Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$180,000
$120,000–$150,000
Pay not posted
KognitosImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer — Associate (Contract-to-Hire)
Mountain View, CAOn-site
$5,000–$7,000/mo
Shield AIImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
$150,000–$180,000
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What do FDE and deployment jobs with configuration work pay?
196 of 261 postings state a pay range. The median is $175,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $202,000, across 118 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with configuration work require?
Of 261 postings, 79 state a minimum number of years, from 66 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 48 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (17), 6 to 9 years (13) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with configuration work?
These 261 postings come from 162 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (16), Amazon (incl AWS) (7), Doss (7), Sierra (7) and EliseAI (6).
Are FDE and deployment jobs with configuration work remote?
57 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 60 are hybrid and 101 are on-site. The remaining 43 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 99 of the 261 postings.
Counted over the 261 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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