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FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies serving external customers
239 postings · 70 companies · 217 state pay: median $195,000, half $163,000–$224,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
Senior Software Engineer – AI, Tax and Audit, FDE
Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · +2 moreBrooklyn, NY +3Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$85,000–$95,000
$197,800–$271,975
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$200,000–$287,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$184,000–$356,500
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$143,700–$213,800
$248,700–$341,250
$200,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
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 (Customer Engineering, Prisma AIRS)
CA, TX, NYOn-site
$156,400–$253,000
$200,000–$240,000
$183,997–$257,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
Pay not posted
$184,000–$356,500
$130,000–$180,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$304,000–$437,000
$191,000–$289,300
$135,000–$200,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$264,000–$379,500
$191,000–$289,300
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
Austin, TX · San Francisco, CAAustin, TX +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
$201,300–$352,300
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$133,400–$226,800
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
$155,000–$186,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$143,700–$213,800
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
171 of 239 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies serving external customers pay?
217 of 239 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $224,000, from 57 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies serving external customers require?
Of 239 postings, 149 state a minimum number of years, from 56 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 70 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (61), 10 or more years (16) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies serving external customers?
These 239 postings come from 70 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (34), Accenture (24), Booz Allen (13), Capgemini (13) and NVIDIA (11).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at public companies serving external customers remote?
31 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 54 are hybrid and 24 are on-site. The remaining 130 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 103 of the 239 postings.
Counted over the 239 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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