$133,400–$226,800
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding serving external customers
828 postings · 391 companies · 651 state pay: median $209,000, half $175,000–$231,000
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$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$136,948–$167,380
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$185,000–$300,000
$175,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$215,000
$180,000–$240,000
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$240,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$143,700–$213,800
Pay not posted
Senior Software Engineer – AI, Tax and Audit, FDE
Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · +2 moreBrooklyn, NY +3Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$200,000–$260,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$85,000–$95,000
Pay not posted
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
$180,000–$250,000
$197,800–$271,975
Pay not posted
$240,000–$415,000
$208,600–$312,900
$200,000–$287,500
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Customer Facing
Holtsville, NY · Lincolnshire, ILHoltsville, NY +1Hybrid
$96,800–$145,200
$130,000–$210,000
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
709 of 828 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding serving external customers pay?
651 of 828 postings state a pay range. The median is $209,000, and half of them sit between $175,000 and $231,000, from 274 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding serving external customers require?
Of 828 postings, 545 state a minimum number of years, from 275 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 270 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (207), 10 or more years (41) or under 3 years (27).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding serving external customers?
These 828 postings come from 391 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (65), Databricks (54), Amazon (incl AWS) (33), Accenture (23) and OpenAI (17).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding serving external customers remote?
174 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 195 are hybrid and 142 are on-site. The remaining 317 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 440 of the 828 postings.
Counted over the 828 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