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FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies
370 postings · 123 companies · 331 state pay: median $197,000, half $166,000–$225,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$82,082–$193,440
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$112,900–$366,300
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$143,700–$213,800
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
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +3
$143,700–$223,600
$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
$162,000–$207,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$172,500–$260,100
Capgemini Invent - Senior Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +4 moreSeattle, WA +5
$112,600–$212,700
$180,000–$230,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +9 moreSeattle, WA +10
$207,000–$300,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$80,400–$316,300
$194,000–$266,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$215,100–$384,400
$70,500–$203,400
$140,000–$170,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Engineer - Healthcare Transformation
New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 moreNew York, NY +9
$215,100–$384,400
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
$142,800–$304,200
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$230,000
$159,200–$301,600
$119,800–$261,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$180,000–$230,000
$200,000–$270,000
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$168,100–$261,500
$220,000–$239,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
193 of 370 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies pay?
331 of 370 postings state a pay range. The median is $197,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $225,000, from 100 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies require?
Of 370 postings, 258 state a minimum number of years, from 105 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 110 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (106), 10 or more years (37) or under 3 years (5).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies?
These 370 postings come from 123 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (45), Accenture (25), NVIDIA (21), Capgemini (14) and Google (14).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies remote?
53 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 79 are hybrid and 31 are on-site. The remaining 207 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 132 of the 370 postings.
Counted over the 370 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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