$180,000–$240,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies
101 postings · 60 companies · 92 state pay: median $232,000, half $206,000–$277,000
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$194,736.75–$265,613.9
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$152,152–$205,405
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$125,500–$261,600
Pay not posted
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$158,520–$294,360
$124,646–$168,272
$200,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$240,000
$168,912–$253,368
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$189,200–$372,900
$195,000–$215,000
$220,000–$310,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$270,000
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
$234,000–$286,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$250,000
$250,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$174,000
$175,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$400,000
$200,000–$400,000
$175,000–$250,000
$177,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
$120,000–$170,000
$230,000–$260,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies pay?
92 of 101 postings state a pay range. The median is $232,000, and half of them sit between $206,000 and $277,000, from 55 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies require?
Of 101 postings, 76 state a minimum number of years, from 48 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 39 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (19), 3 to 5 years (17) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies?
These 101 postings come from 60 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (8), Databricks (5), OpenAI (5), Alation (4) and Focused (4).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies remote?
29 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 38 are hybrid and 8 are on-site. The remaining 26 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 44 of the 101 postings.
Counted over the 101 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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