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$77,600–$176,000
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ReplyProduction engineering
Senior AI Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreAtlanta, GA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$77,600–$176,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements
Multiple US offices
$184,000–$356,500
$59,100–$196,000
$112,800–$257,000
$130,200–$265,300
$152,000–$241,500
$99,000–$225,000
$98,500–$184,900
$86,800–$198,000
Pay not posted
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer, Senior
Fort Meade, MD
$99,000–$225,000
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5
$152,000–$221,000
AccentureDeployment team leadership
Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead
San Francisco, CA · Walnut Creek, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$163,000–$434,000
Thomson ReutersDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Solutions (AI)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5Hybrid
$137,200–$293,500
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
GoogleDeployment team leadership
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$262,000–$364,000
AccentureImplementation & delivery
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$62,800–$218,800
Thomson ReutersDeployment strategy
Senior Solutions Manager, Tax & Audit AI FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 moreFrisco, TX +8Hybrid
$100,100–$214,100
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Dallas, TX
$159,300–$202,400
$126,200–$212,754
CloudflareDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreAustin, TX +2Hybrid
$234,000–$310,000
MicrosoftImplementation & delivery
Senior Software Engineer - Windows Solutions FDE
US · city not listed
$119,800–$261,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$110,800–$177,300
Pay not posted
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$110,800–$177,300
HuronInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer Associate (AI Capability Center) - 2 Openings
Chicago, ILRemote
$105,000–$130,000
CiscoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer Secure Services Edge (Remote)
Austin, TXRemote
$166,300–$307,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$110,800–$177,300
GoogleImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto
Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WAMountain View, CA +1
$152,000–$221,000
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What do FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers pay?
375 of 414 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $216,000, across 54 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers require?
Of 414 postings, 155 state a minimum number of years, from 43 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 64 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (59), 10 or more years (21) or under 3 years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers?
These 414 postings come from 61 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (58), Palantir (51), Accenture (43), Booz Allen (38) and Google (22).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at public companies serving external customers remote?
60 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 71 are hybrid and 55 are on-site. The remaining 228 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 187 of the 414 postings.
Counted over the 414 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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