$200,000–$250,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles serving external customers
78 postings · 40 companies · 65 state pay: median $190,000, half $162,000–$220,000
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$130,600–$147,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Santa Monica, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSanta Monica, CA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
Irvine, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreIrvine, CA +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Charlotte, NC · +5 moreLos Angeles, CA +6Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CA · +2 moreLos Angeles, CA +3On-site
$150,000–$220,000
$133,400–$226,800
Pay not posted
$180,000–$240,000
$150,000–$190,000
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense
Costa Mesa, CA · Washington, DCCosta Mesa, CA +1
$191,000–$254,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Irvine, CA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreIrvine, CA +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Los Angeles, CA · Boston, MA · +10 moreLos Angeles, CA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$150,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Irvine, CA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreIrvine, CA +42
$112,900–$366,300
$215,000–$250,000
$125,000–$175,000
$223,000–$359,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Los Angeles, CA · Arlington, VA · +35 moreLos Angeles, CA +36
$80,400–$316,300
$170,000–$250,000 · OTE
$182,000–$250,208
$145,000–$175,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +38 moreLos Angeles, CA +39
$112,900–$366,300
$120,000–$200,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreLos Angeles, CA +40
$54,400–$235,100
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreLos Angeles, CA +40
$80,400–$316,300
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +38 moreLos Angeles, CA +39
$80,400–$316,300
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreLos Angeles, CA +40
$138,800–$434,000
$77,000–$202,000
Pay not posted
$170,000–$200,000
Enterprise AI Transformation Manager
Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreLos Angeles, CA +41
$80,400–$266,300
Senior Software / Data Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CALos Angeles, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$210,000
Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 moreCosta Mesa, CA +3
$191,000–$254,000
$150,000–$300,000
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Irvine, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreIrvine, CA +41
Pay not posted
$179,500–$203,500
58 of 78 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles serving external customers pay?
65 of 78 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $220,000, from 34 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles serving external customers require?
Of 78 postings, 45 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (15), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles serving external customers?
These 78 postings come from 40 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (15), Anduril (8), Field AI (4), Nominal (4) and First Resonance (3).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles serving external customers remote?
4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 15 are hybrid and 20 are on-site. The remaining 39 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 54 of the 78 postings.
Counted over the 78 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings