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Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers
78 postings · 36 companies · 73 state pay: median $224,000, half $208,000–$240,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
$197,800–$271,975
$200,000–$287,500
$248,700–$341,250
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$200,000–$240,000
$183,997–$257,000
$304,000–$437,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$200,000–$240,000
$191,000–$289,300
$264,000–$379,500
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$191,000–$289,300
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$262,000–$364,000
$143,640–$273,000
Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 moreFrisco, TX +2Hybrid
$137,100–$254,700
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$97,860–$316,750
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$194,000–$266,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$142,800–$304,200
$153,000–$376,000
$200,000–$270,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$220,000–$239,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$220,000–$239,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$168,100–$250,200
$142,800–$304,200
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$190,900–$334,100
$165,600–$331,200
61 of 78 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers pay?
73 of 78 postings state a pay range. The median is $224,000, and half of them sit between $208,000 and $240,000, from 32 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers require?
Of 78 postings, 62 state a minimum number of years, from 29 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 30 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (18) or 10 or more years (14).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers?
These 78 postings come from 36 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (15), Accenture (6), ServiceNow (6), Snowflake (6) and Microsoft (4).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers remote?
11 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 18 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. The remaining 40 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 45 of the 78 postings.
Counted over the 78 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings