$90,000–$200,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales
109 postings · 75 companies · 79 state pay: median $221,000, half $187,000–$289,000
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$90,000–$200,000
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$163,100–$286,900
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$180,000–$220,000
$240,000–$315,000
$180,000–$250,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
Pay not posted
$192,610–$338,994
Thomson ReutersLeads the deployment team
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit
Brooklyn, NY · New York, NY · +4 moreBrooklyn, NY +5Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
Cursor (Anysphere)Leads the deployment team
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
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$221,200–$387,100
$300,000–$415,000
Veeam SoftwareLeads the deployment team
Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Jose, CA
$169,920–$315,600
HarveyPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Real Estate
New York, NYHybrid
$254,600–$350,000
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
VARemote
$130,300–$179,200
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Leads the deployment team
Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1
$170,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Director, Product Management — Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +1 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +2
$237,500–$350,000
$300,000–$350,000
Deloitte USProves it works before the sale
ConvergeProsperity - Lead Product Forward Deployed Engineer for FSI Signals - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
LovelyticsLeads the deployment team
Head of Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
US · city not listed
Pay not posted
$150,000–$195,000
ArxlightIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Lead (Air and Missile Defense)
Oakland, CAOn-site
$146,000–$200,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
VerdigrisIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer — Strategic Solutions, Integration & Delivery
US · city not listedHybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Cursor (Anysphere)Leads the deployment team
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
Qualified HealthIntegrates and configures it
Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization
USRemote
$190,000–$250,000
$236,000–$354,000
$118,100–$202,730
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$190,000–$240,000
46 of 109 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales pay?
79 of 109 postings state a pay range. The median is $221,000, and half of them sit between $187,000 and $289,000, from 57 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales require?
Of 109 postings, 73 state a minimum number of years, from 55 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 31 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (27), 3 to 5 years (13) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales?
These 109 postings come from 75 companies. The employers with the most postings are CapTech Consulting (8), Deloitte US (8), Aircall (5), AHEAD (3) and Celonis (3).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales remote?
28 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 40 are hybrid and 15 are on-site. The remaining 26 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 50 of the 109 postings.
Counted over the 109 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