DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
Senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers
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Hyperbolic LabsImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - Eastern US
USRemote
Pay not posted
$90,000–$225,000
$153,000–$200,000
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SiftImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · San Francisco, CAMarina Del Rey, CA +1Hybrid
$125,000–$175,000
$140,000–$200,000
$180,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
ModalImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer - ML
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$180,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
PoeticDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
$175,000–$205,000
$125,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
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$140,000–$250,000
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$121,000–$186,000
$165,000–$235,000
GroundswellImplementation & delivery
Applied Data Scientist, AI Data Platforms
Mclean, VA · Washington, DCMclean, VA +1Remote
$103,307–$178,090
$171,200–$256,800 · OTE
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ServalDeployment strategy
Deployment Strategist, Flagship Account
Santa Clara, CA · San Francisco, CASanta Clara, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$280,000
$200,000–$300,000
$150,000–$300,000
$210,000–$220,000
AndurilImplementation & delivery
Deployment Engineer
Broomfield, CO · Fort Collins, COBroomfield, CO +1
$126,000–$167,000
$77,600–$176,000
$73,150–$174,000
$180,000–$220,000
$200,000–$290,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Implementation & delivery
Senior Delivery Consultant – DevOps, WWPS ProServe
Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$153,600–$207,800
$123,000–$242,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers pay?
1,046 of 1,341 postings state a pay range. The median is $194,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $224,000, across 341 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require?
Of 1,341 postings, 501 state a minimum number of years, from 241 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 272 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (164), under 3 years (57) or 10 or more years (8).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers?
These 1,341 postings come from 473 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (64), Databricks (63), Amazon (incl AWS) (44), Palantir (40) and Booz Allen (34).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote?
227 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 331 are hybrid and 336 are on-site. The remaining 447 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 647 of the 1,341 postings.
Counted over the 1,341 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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