$230,000–$280,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel
100 postings · 47 companies · 93 state pay: median $230,000, half $213,000–$262,000
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$165,600–$331,200
$220,000–$310,000
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Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
$197,300–$394,600
$175,000–$250,000
$190,900–$334,100
Pay not posted
$210,000–$260,000
$220,000–$292,000
$200,000–$250,000
OpenAILeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services
New York, NYHybrid
$302,000–$385,000
Pay not posted
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$230,000–$294,000
$230,000–$294,000
$302,000–$385,000
SalesforceLeads the deployment team
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$196,700–$329,210
$192,610–$338,994
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Irvine, CA · +4 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +5
$184,900–$287,700
Johnson & JohnsonLeads the deployment team
Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs
Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PARaritan, NJ +1
$164,000–$282,900
$320,000–$488,750
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
VARemote
$130,300–$179,200
AccentureLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$80,400–$316,300
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Leads the deployment team
Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1
$170,000–$220,000
AfreshLeads the deployment team
Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$203,745–$275,655
Pay not posted
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$62,800–$218,800
$180,000–$240,000
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
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
MicrosoftPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
LovelyticsLeads the deployment team
Head of Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
US · city not listed
Pay not posted
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$211,000–$264,000
Qualified HealthIntegrates and configures it
Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization
USRemote
$190,000–$250,000
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Lead Engagement Manager, FDE - Healthcare & Life Sciences
US · city not listed
$143,000–$245,850
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$210,000–$232,500
52 of 100 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel pay?
93 of 100 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $213,000 and $262,000, from 41 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel require?
Of 100 postings, 78 state a minimum number of years, from 38 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 29 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (27), 3 to 5 years (21) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel?
These 100 postings come from 47 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (17), Deloitte US (9), OpenAI (6), Accenture (5) and Microsoft (4).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel remote?
26 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 26 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 42 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 100 of the 100 postings.
Counted over the 100 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings