Amazon (incl AWS)Builds what the customer runs
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept
185 postings · 132 companies · 164 state pay: median $225,000, half $195,000–$271,000
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$189,200–$372,900
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AccentureBuilds what the customer runs
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$165,600–$331,200
CiscoBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 moreReston, VA +7Remote
$246,800–$394,300
$224,000–$431,250
$200,000–$350,000
$208,000–$261,000
$138,800–$208,200
$185,000–$220,000
$197,300–$394,600
$234,000–$286,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$250,000
CrusoeBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$250,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$156,000–$224,250
$207,000–$300,000
$160,000–$205,000
$215,000–$260,000
CapcoBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Consultant – Semantic Data & AI Engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$146,000–$183,000
$130,000–$174,000
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$265,000–$331,000
$200,000–$400,000
$130,000–$175,000
GenesysBuilds what the customer runs
Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
BCGBuilds what the customer runs
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
$200,000–$400,000
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
TrueFoundryBuilds what the customer runs
Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)
San Mateo, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
OpenAILeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services
New York, NYHybrid
$302,000–$385,000
$163,100–$286,900
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Lead/Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Senior Vice President
New York, NY
$176,720–$265,080
$194,600–$272,400
GoogleBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer, YouTube GTM Operations
San Bruno, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Bruno, CA +2
$186,000–$269,000
Sony Pictures EntertainmentBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Culver City, CA
$195,000–$270,000
$230,000–$294,000
$200,000–$250,000
Analog DevicesBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI Productivity
Dallas, TX · San Jose, CADallas, TX +1
$200,000–$275,000
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept pay?
164 of 185 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $195,000 and $271,000, from 115 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept require?
Of 185 postings, 142 state a minimum number of years, from 104 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 67 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (36), 10 or more years (35) or under 3 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept?
These 185 postings come from 132 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (12), Deloitte US (9), OpenAI (7), Accenture (3) and Alation (3).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept remote?
35 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 53 are hybrid and 29 are on-site. The remaining 68 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 77 of the 185 postings.
Counted over the 185 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