CrossCountry ConsultingBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
FDE and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private companies involving pre-sales
16 postings · 15 companies · 13 state pay: median $285,000, half $231,000–$316,000
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$155,600–$306,800
$163,100–$286,900
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$300,000–$415,000
$169,920–$315,600
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1
$170,000–$220,000
$189,200–$372,900
$236,000–$354,000
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$228,000–$403,200
$320,000–$405,000
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CASanta Clara, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$350,000 · base + variable
$251,000–$335,000
$220,000–$350,000
Pay not posted
13 of 16 lead deployment teams.
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What do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private companies involving pre-sales pay?
13 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $285,000, and half of them sit between $231,000 and $316,000, from 12 companies.
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for people managers at later-stage private companies involving pre-sales?
These 16 postings come from 15 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (2), Anthropic (1), Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) (1), CrossCountry Consulting (1) and ElevenLabs (1).
Counted over the 16 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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