$150,000–$400,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales
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483 jobs
$145,000–$200,000
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$170,000–$240,000
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer - Mission Dev
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$130,000–$230,000
$115,520–$198,360
$125,000–$200,000
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Financial Services
US · city not listed
$115,800–$199,100
$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
$199,800–$222,000
$180,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
Pay not posted
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$90,000–$160,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
SitrepsDeployment strategy
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
Pay not posted
GoogleImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto
Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WAMountain View, CA +1
$152,000–$221,000
$155,600–$306,800
Ode with AnthropicDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Product Manager (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
NotionDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$165,000–$205,000 · OTE
Deloitte USImplementation & delivery
Cyber Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Consultant
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
$140,000–$220,000
$106,100–$178,770
$189,200–$372,900
$192,000–$240,000
Pure StorageImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx
Santa Clara, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSanta Clara, CA +2On-site
$208,000–$305,000
$106,100–$178,770
Pay not posted
$126,050.05–$189,075.08
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales pay?
377 of 483 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $231,000, across 169 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales require?
Of 483 postings, 184 state a minimum number of years, from 104 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 112 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (56), under 3 years (13) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales?
These 483 postings come from 232 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (34), Palantir (21), LangChain (15), OpenAI (14) and NVIDIA (12).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales remote?
100 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 137 are hybrid and 124 are on-site. The remaining 122 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 248 of the 483 postings.
Counted over the 483 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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