Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
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, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$135,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$168,100–$261,500
Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$168,100–$250,200
$89,000–$179,200
Senior GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Nashville, TN · +3 moreAtlanta, GA +4Hybrid
$109,180–$197,175
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$200,100–$270,600
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineer Manager - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +2 moreColumbus, OH +3Hybrid
$87,400–$253,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$200,100–$297,700
$80,400–$316,300
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$138,800–$434,000
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
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Manager· Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$80,400–$293,800
Partner Engineer, Payments & Financial Technologies
Menlo Park, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreMenlo Park, CA +2
$149,000–$210,000
Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Technical Delivery, Google Public Sector
Reston, VA · Washington, DCReston, VA +1
$174,000–$252,000
Senior Integration Engineer – AI - Tax And Audit AI
Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · +3 moreBrooklyn, NY +4Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$165,600–$331,200
Senior Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Austin, TX · +3 moreReston, VA +4Remote
$218,600–$344,700
$140,000–$160,000
ML Ops DSX Senior Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
$143,200–$243,400
Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 moreReston, VA +7Remote
$246,800–$394,300
$80,400–$266,300
From $92,250
$224,000–$431,250
$170,000–$200,000
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
Pay not posted
$110,000–$150,000
Senior Forward Deployment Engineer, Strategic Customer Engagements U.S.
Arlington, VAHybrid
$160,600–$200,800
Pay not posted
$207,000–$300,000
$150,400–$277,600
$171,900–$300,800
Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$148,500–$344,700
AI Customer and Partner Solutions Engineer, Cloud Applied AI
Kirkland, WA · Sunnyvale, CAKirkland, WA +1
$183,000–$265,000
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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