Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 moreFrisco, TX +2Hybrid
$137,100–$254,700
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations
357 postings · 232 companies · 292 state pay: median $225,000, half $197,000–$255,000
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$175,000–$200,000
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$172,500–$260,100
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$194,000–$266,000
$215,100–$384,400
$142,800–$304,200
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$270,000
$250,000–$315,000
$177,375–$209,625
$168,912–$253,368
$300,000–$350,000
Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$168,100–$250,200
$200,000–$270,000
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$220,000–$239,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$225,000
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
$220,000–$239,000
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$200,100–$270,600
$142,800–$304,200
Pay not posted
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$200,100–$297,700
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$190,900–$334,100
$195,000–$215,000
$165,604–$228,491
Pay not posted
$165,600–$331,200
$220,000–$310,000
$165,604–$228,491
151 of 357 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations pay?
292 of 357 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $197,000 and $255,000, from 188 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations require?
Of 357 postings, 260 state a minimum number of years, from 177 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 140 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (61), 10 or more years (54) or under 3 years (5).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations?
These 357 postings come from 232 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (22), ServiceNow (7), Anduril (6), CapTech Consulting (6) and OpenAI (6).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations remote?
76 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 113 are hybrid and 52 are on-site. The remaining 116 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 127 of the 357 postings.
Counted over the 357 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