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FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies serving external customers
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114 jobs
$236,000–$289,000
DeepgramProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$197,000–$246,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$210,000
Qualified HealthProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Data Engineer, Data Modernizaton
USRemote
$180,000–$230,000
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Modernization (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
$155,000–$190,000
$130,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
$310,000–$350,000
$150,000–$300,000
WarpProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$200,000–$250,000
$190,000–$210,000
$160,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$245,000
ProfoundProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
$190,000–$280,000
$160,000–$500,000
$180,000–$390,000
LangChainProduction engineering
Deployed Engineer, Professional Services (San Francisco)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$215,000
$190,000–$212,000
ForterraProduction engineering
Lead Autonomy Software Engineer
Clarksburg, MD · Arlington, VAClarksburg, MD +1
$150,000–$250,000
$150,000–$290,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$108,000–$170,000
$200,000–$260,000
$150,000–$190,000
$120,000–$200,000
$120,000–$190,000
$140,000–$240,000
$150,000–$190,000
$160,000–$210,000 · OTE
$200,000–$250,000
LiberateProduction engineering
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$250,000
$180,000–$245,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXRemote
$210,000–$260,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies serving external customers pay?
88 of 114 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $169,000 and $225,000, across 51 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies serving external customers require?
Of 114 postings, 51 state a minimum number of years, from 36 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 24 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (17), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies serving external customers?
These 114 postings come from 66 companies. The employers with the most postings are Sierra (8), Cognition AI (4), Distyl AI (4), Doss (4) and LangChain (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies serving external customers remote?
31 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 36 are hybrid and 34 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 50 of the 114 postings.
Counted over the 114 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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