$170,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams
76 postings · 55 companies · 57 state pay: median $225,000, half $198,000–$255,000
Postings read on · Updated
All filters
Counts show jobs matching each option and your other filters. Select several options to match any of them.
Location
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
Arrangement
Type of work
LevelStaff+
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
Background
The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
Posted
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
Individual contributor or manager
Company stage
Coding work
Project stages
Implementation share
Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.
Who you build forBoth
Visa sponsorship
Company size
Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.
76 jobs match
Location
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
76 jobs match
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
76 jobs match
Arrangement
76 jobs match
Type of work
76 jobs match
Staff+
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
76 jobs match
Background
The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.
76 jobs match
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
76 jobs match
Posted
76 jobs match
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
76 jobs match
Both
76 jobs match
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
VARemote
$130,300–$179,200
EYIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$144,000–$374,000
$210,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$236,000–$354,000
Pay not posted
$118,100–$202,730
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Lead Engagement Manager, FDE - Healthcare & Life Sciences
US · city not listed
$143,000–$245,850
$200,000–$275,000
Snorkel AILeads the deployment team
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
AircallLeads the deployment team
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead
New York, NYHybrid
Pay not posted
AircallLeads the deployment team
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Solutions Engineering
Seattle, WAHybrid
Pay not posted
AircallLeads the deployment team
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead
Seattle, WAHybrid
Pay not posted
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Solutions Engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Pay not posted
$114,600–$234,600
Hippocratic AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Solutions Architect, Inbound AI Deployments
USRemote
Pay not posted
$141,781–$191,404
$169,600–$278,250
$215,000–$245,000
Wolters KluwerBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Enterprise Software Engineer
Kennesaw, GA · Houston, TX · +1 moreKennesaw, GA +2
$133,400–$238,400
$285,000–$285,000
NscaleBuilds for teams inside the company
Foundry Engineering Lead
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
Pay not posted
CiridaeBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Platform Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$250,000–$425,000
Antora EnergyBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack Software Products
USRemote
$183,000–$240,000
$198,720–$260,820
ElasticBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal, Agentic Engineering Platform
US · city not listed
Pay not posted
Vertex PharmaceuticalsBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Full Stack AI Engineer
Boston, MAHybrid
$166,640–$250,000
$106,200–$182,983
$150,000–$300,000
$150,000–$225,000
$194,600–$293,900
31 of 76 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams pay?
57 of 76 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $198,000 and $255,000, from 42 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 76 postings, 52 state a minimum number of years, from 37 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (20), 3 to 5 years (9) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams?
These 76 postings come from 55 companies. The employers with the most postings are Aircall (6), Amazon (incl AWS) (6), Focused (3), Alation (2) and Celonis (2).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams remote?
20 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 24 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 26 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 32 of the 76 postings.
Counted over the 76 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · 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