Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies with significant travel
24 postings · 13 companies · 21 state pay: median $193,000, half $168,000–$248,000
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$230,000–$294,000
$230,000–$294,000
$144,000–$192,000
Signals for FSI - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
$130,300–$179,200
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Forward Deployed Design Lead — Product Lifecycle Management
Austin, TX · Pleasanton, CAAustin, TX +1Hybrid
$170,000–$200,000
$166,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$143,000–$245,850
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Forward Deployed Design Lead — Asset Performance Management
Austin, TX · Pleasanton, CAAustin, TX +1Hybrid
$130,000–$155,000
$166,000–$220,000
$166,000–$220,000
$170,000–$240,000
$166,400–$208,000
$200,000–$295,000
$275,000–$380,000
$207,000–$294,000
$130,000–$150,000
$171,200–$256,800 · OTE
$141,781–$191,404
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
All 24 plan what the customer deploys first.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies with significant travel pay?
21 of 24 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $248,000, from 11 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies with significant travel require?
Of 24 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 8 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (5) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies with significant travel?
These 24 postings come from 13 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (5), Anduril (4), Databricks (3), Alation (2) and Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) (2).
Are FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies with significant travel remote?
6 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 1 are on-site. The remaining 8 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 24 of the 24 postings.
Counted over the 24 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings