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snaplogicImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Mateo, CA · San Francisco, CASan Mateo, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DC
$140,400–$193,050
ElevenLabsCustomer adoption & accounts
Forward Deployed Creative
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
Cursor (Anysphere)Deployment team leadership
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$260,000–$290,000
$211,800–$291,300
$200,000–$250,000
GoviniDeployment team leadership
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
$190,000–$240,000 · OTE
$266,000–$445,000
$180,000–$230,000
$153,090–$218,700
BasetenDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$380,000
$99,000–$133,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
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
$192,010–$274,300
$130,000–$190,000
$70,000–$300,000
$170,000–$280,000 · OTE
$200,000–$300,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Lead Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Healthcare & Life Sciences
US · city not listed
$143,000–$245,850
$320,000–$405,000
$185,000–$235,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
IntercomDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Snorkel AIImplementation & delivery
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
$171,200–$256,800 · OTE
$210,000–$220,000
AndurilImplementation & delivery
Deployment Engineer
Broomfield, CO · Fort Collins, COBroomfield, CO +1
$126,000–$167,000
$200,000–$250,000
$179,982–$224,978
$154,000–$209,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay?
336 of 395 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $195,000 and $243,000, across 87 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers require?
Of 395 postings, 161 state a minimum number of years, from 66 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 75 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (68), under 3 years (9) or 10 or more years (9).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers?
These 395 postings come from 113 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (67), OpenAI (32), Anduril (29), Scale AI (25) and Decagon (13).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote?
92 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 107 are hybrid and 64 are on-site. The remaining 132 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 218 of the 395 postings.
Counted over the 395 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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