$130,000–$210,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding
1,093 postings · 545 companies · 865 state pay: median $206,000, half $173,000–$230,000
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$194,736.75–$265,613.9
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$184,000–$356,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
$185,000–$300,000
$160,000–$180,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
$248,700–$341,250
$150,000–$200,000
$200,000–$240,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering, Prisma AIRS)
CA, TX, NYOn-site
$156,400–$253,000
$145,000–$165,000
$200,000–$240,000
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$145,600–$240,695
$134,500–$265,100
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
$170,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$136,000–$216,000
Pay not posted
$183,997–$257,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 moreChicago, IL +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
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$165,830–$243,142
779 of 1,093 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding pay?
865 of 1,093 postings state a pay range. The median is $206,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $230,000, from 389 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding require?
Of 1,093 postings, 752 state a minimum number of years, from 399 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 350 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (296), 10 or more years (72) or under 3 years (34).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding?
These 1,093 postings come from 545 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (65), Databricks (55), Amazon (incl AWS) (44), Accenture (23) and OpenAI (18).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding remote?
236 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 266 are hybrid and 170 are on-site. The remaining 421 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 501 of the 1,093 postings.
Counted over the 1,093 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings