Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title.
FDE roles first · Newer within each type
Headstart AIProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Staff-level AI engineer to lead multiple client engagements end-to-end at a bootstrapped consultancy that ships production AI systems inside $100M+ ARR enterprises.
$265,000–$265,000
View job →The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling
New York, NY · Washington, DCHybrid
Senior forward deployed engineer embedding with Client Solutions Group, Finance, and Fund Management across GPE, Credit, and AlpInvest to identify and ship AI/automation opportunities in Global Wealth operational processes (NAV reporting, fee models, financial reporting).
$160,000–$190,000
View job →MongoDBDeployment team leadership
New York, NYHybrid
Lead Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) are the most senior technical leaders in the FDE organization, owning the overall technical strategy for the domain and setting direction across multiple concurrent engagements.
$137,000–$270,000
View job →ChalkDeployment team leadership
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYOn-site
Chalk is hiring a Director of Forward Deployed Engineering to lead and scale its FDE team across New York and San Francisco.
$300,000–$350,000
View job →Deloitte USDeployment team leadership
New York, NY
Lead and scale Deloitte's global Forward Deployed Engineering organization for Zora AI, an enterprise AI agent platform.
$186,500–$311,000
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 more
This role leads a pod of Forward Deployed Engineers embedded within strategic enterprise customers, owning delivery execution, engineering quality, and team development.
$184,900–$287,700
View job →UnityInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · Mountain View, CA · +3 more
Unity is hiring a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with internal departments (Finance, Legal, Marketing, People, Operations) and transform their workflows using AI agents and automation.
$179,500–$341,900
View job →ID.meDeployment team leadership
Mclean, VA · Mountain View, CA · +2 moreOn-site
Manage a small team of forward-deployed engineers embedded with customers, translating real-world integration problems into actionable technical requirements for product ontology and engineering teams.
$154,000–$275,000
View job →ViamDeployment team leadership
New York, NYHybrid
Lead a team of five forward deployed engineers at a ~100-person robotics platform company, owning the technical approach for strategic customer deployments and serving as the senior technical partner to customer leadership.
$225,000–$275,000
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 more
Leads a 5–15-person forward-deployed engineering pod delivering production AI systems across concurrent strategic enterprise customer engagements.
$184,900–$275,200
View job →Thomson ReutersDeployment team leadership
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreHybrid
Lead and grow the CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering team, providing technical leadership and people management for engineers embedded with customers to build scalable AI/ML solutions.
$118,400–$253,000
View job →Scale AIDeployment team leadership
New York, NY
Leads Scale’s US East forward-deployed engineering organization for strategic Fortune 500 enterprise accounts, overseeing customer engagements from technical strategy through production deployment.
$285,200–$356,500
View job →ParloaInternal deployment & tooling
New York, NY
Own the dedicated, self-service cloud infrastructure and deployment platform for custom agent integrations serving Parloa’s enterprise customers.
$217,000–$248,000
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 more
Leads a 5–15-person pod of forward-deployed engineers delivering production AI systems for strategic enterprise and US government customers.
$184,900–$275,200
View job →Mesh PaymentsDeployment team leadership
New York, NY · San Francisco, CAHybrid
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering at Mesh Payments, a new function reporting to the CTO.
$282,000–$355,000
View job →Dell TechnologiesImplementation & delivery
New York, NY · Washington, DCRemote
Hands-on technical leader in Dell's Forward Deployment Engineering unit, designing and building AI/GenAI solutions with enterprise customers.
$286,450–$370,700
View job →AmigoDeployment team leadership
New York, NYOn-site
Lead the Forward Deployed Engineering and Deployment Strategist teams at a clinical AI infrastructure startup, owning end-to-end delivery outcomes across major health systems, life sciences, payors, and government entities.
$300,000–$500,000
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 more
Leads a 15–30+ engineer forward-deployed engineering organization serving multiple strategic enterprise customers and US government programs.
$220,100–$327,500
View job →VercelDeployment team leadership
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreHybrid
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering responsible for building Vercel’s Forward Deployed Engineering and Professional Services function from the ground up.
$240,000–$300,000
View job →MastercardInternal deployment & tooling
Purchase, NY · Arlington, VA · +1 more
This Director role is Mastercard's embedded AI transformation leader, partnering directly with business units to identify high-value opportunities, build production-grade AI solutions, and mobilize teams to adopt new ways of working.
$170,000–$323,000
View job →Charlie HealthInternal deployment & tooling
New York, NYHybrid
Lead the AI Forward Deployed Engineering team at Charlie Health, owning the builder platform and engagement model.
$185,000–$265,000
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 more
This is a senior engineering management role leading 15-30+ engineers across multiple enterprise customer engagements in AWS's Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) practice.
$220,100–$342,300
View job →Accrete AIDeployment team leadership
New York, NYHybrid
Accrete AI seeks a Director of Forward Deployed Engineering to lead the function that makes its Knowledge Engine platform work in complex, high-stakes customer environments.
$240,000–$300,000
View job →RegalDeployment team leadership
New York, NYHybrid
First Director of Forward Deployed Engineering at Regal, an AI agent platform for enterprise customer communications.
Pay range unavailable
View job →StripeDeployment team leadership
New York, NY
Engineering Manager leading Privy’s Forward Deployed Engineering team, which partners directly with customers to architect complex integrations and build product features that help win deals.
$236,000–$354,000
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Mountain View, CA · San Diego, CA · +8 more
Leads a 15–30+ person forward-deployed engineering organization across multiple strategic enterprise customer programs, owning delivery models, technical standards, production excellence, and talent strategy.
$220,100–$342,300
View job →Actively AIDeployment team leadership
New York, NY
Lead and scale Actively AI’s forward-deployed engineering function while personally owning 1–2 strategic customer deployments.
$170,000–$200,000
View job →Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteRemote
Director-level player-coach leading a forward deployed research team serving frontier AI labs with training-data strategy, RL environments, evaluation frameworks, and technical solution design.
$228,000–$403,200
View job →AnthropicDeployment team leadership
New York, NYHybrid
Founding manager for Anthropic’s Forward Deployed Engineering practice, responsible for building and leading a customer-embedded team that ships production AI applications for strategic enterprise customers.
$320,000–$405,000
View job →CapeDeployment team leadership
New York, NYHybrid
Head of Forward Deployed/Federal Engineering responsible for the technical execution of Cape’s federal business and for building secure, resilient network and platform capabilities for government customers operating in contested environments.
$200,000–$275,000
View job →Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
New York, NY · San Francisco, CAHybrid
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering will build and lead Snorkel’s DaaS FDE organization, owning scalable workflows and quality across expert-built training and evaluation data pipelines.
$268,800–$403,000
View job →Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
New York, NY · San Francisco, CAHybrid
Leads and builds Snorkel AI’s Forward Deployed Engineering function within its Data-as-a-Service organization, owning the technical systems, pipelines, workflows, and quality frameworks behind large-scale dataset production.
$200,000–$320,000
View job →monday.comDeployment strategy
New York, NYHybrid
Deployment Architect on monday.com's Professional Services team, providing technical depth for complex AI deployments.
$140,000–$170,000
View job →SnowflakeImplementation & delivery
New York, NY
Principal-level role in Snowflake's Services Delivery team, architecting and delivering production AI/ML solutions on the Snowflake Data Cloud for enterprise customers.
$196,000–$257,200
View job →EliseAIDeployment strategy
New York, NYOn-site
Founding Deployment Strategist on EliseAI's Future Platforms team, responsible for taking new AI housing products from early customer promise to live, adopted deployments.
$190,000–$250,000
View job →TabsImplementation & delivery
New York, NYOn-site
Solution Architect owning technical designs for complex, high-value customer implementations involving data models, APIs, and integrations across finance and business systems.
$100,000–$160,000
View job →RippleImplementation & delivery
New York, NYHybrid
Staff-level delivery role on Ripple's Service & Delivery team, leading end-to-end implementation of Ripple's payment solutions with global customers and partners.
$180,000–$225,000
View job →RippleImplementation & delivery
New York, NYHybrid
Senior Staff Partner Engineer on Ripple's delivery team, leading implementation of payment solutions with enterprise customers and partners globally.
$208,000–$260,000
View job →T. Rowe PriceInternal deployment & tooling
Baltimore, MD · New York, NYHybrid
Lead the architecture and production delivery of AI agents and intelligent systems within T.
$145,000–$309,000
View job →NscaleInternal deployment & tooling
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 more
The Foundry Engineering Lead owns the architecture, development, governance, security, and evolution of Nscale’s Palantir Foundry data platform.
Pay range unavailable
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