$185,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads
90 postings · 54 companies · 70 state pay: median $227,000, half $203,000–$260,000
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$220,000–$245,000
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AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$221,200–$387,100
$200,000–$250,000
$236,000–$289,000
$185,000–$300,000
$192,010–$274,300
$130,000–$200,000
$240,000–$280,000
$180,000–$320,000
$180,000–$240,000
$182,000–$250,208
$230,000–$275,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$156,060–$211,140
$240,000–$300,000
$200,000–$270,000
$310,000–$350,000
$168,912–$253,368
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$236,000–$339,250
Pay not posted
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$160,000–$270,000
$250,000–$300,000
$235,000–$315,000
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$180,000–$230,000
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AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$118,400–$222,000
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$156,000–$224,250
$166,500–$291,400
All 90 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads pay?
70 of 90 postings state a pay range. The median is $227,000, and half of them sit between $203,000 and $260,000, from 43 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads require?
Of 90 postings, 51 state a minimum number of years, from 35 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (19) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads?
These 90 postings come from 54 companies. The employers with the most postings are CapTech Consulting (8), Accenture (7), ServiceNow (5), Scale AI (4) and Appian (3).
Are staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads remote?
20 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 32 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 24 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 34 of the 90 postings.
Counted over the 90 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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