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GoogleProduction engineering
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer III, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$174,000–$252,000
Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering
Senior - Forward Deployed Engineer
West Palm Beach, FLOn-site
$115,080–$218,520
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Led Forward Deployed Engineer | Design & Digital Products
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +26 moreNew York, NY +27
$54,400–$205,800
$192,010–$274,300
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud, Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$174,000–$252,000
ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering
Senior Lead, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer
West Palm Beach, FLOn-site
$115,080–$218,520
$192,010–$274,300
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$207,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$280,000
$180,000–$350,000
$185,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
$162,000–$207,000
$126,000–$248,000
$134,500–$265,100
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$230,000
$165,000–$200,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Oracle Applications Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
CapgeminiProduction engineering
Capgemini Invent - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Consultant
Chicago, IL
$105,600–$199,480
Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering
Data Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer
Frisco, TXHybrid
$143,640–$273,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, Insurance Growth Suite (Manager) - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
$156,400–$342,000
$140,000–$250,000
PwC (US)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineering - Senior Associate
New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$77,000–$214,000
$134,500–$265,100
GoogleProduction engineering
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$262,000–$364,000
$194,000–$266,000
Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering
Senior Lead, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer
Frisco, TXHybrid
$115,080–$262,320
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Cyber - AWS Forward Deployed Security Engineer (FDE) - Senior Consultant
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Arlington, VA · Washington, DCArlington, VA +1
$70,500–$203,400
DeepgramProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$197,000–$246,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Cyber - GCP Forward Deployed Security Engineer (FDE) - Senior Consultant
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
$130,000–$145,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$80,400–$316,300
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers pay?
499 of 612 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $222,000, across 191 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers require?
Of 612 postings, 264 state a minimum number of years, from 139 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 137 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (101), under 3 years (21) or 10 or more years (5).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers?
These 612 postings come from 258 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (57), Deloitte US (55), Amazon (incl AWS) (21), Booz Allen (16) and OpenAI (14).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers remote?
113 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 151 are hybrid and 110 are on-site. The remaining 238 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 323 of the 612 postings.
Counted over the 612 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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