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Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title.

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84.51 DegreesInternal deployment & tooling

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (P4570)

Cincinnati, OH · Chicago, ILOn-site

Lead a hands-on forward-deployed engineering function for the AI SDLC team, embedding with delivery teams to accelerate enterprise adoption of agentic coding tools across Kroger and 84.51°.

$125,000–$207,000

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UnityInternal deployment & tooling

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

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

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ID.meDeployment team leadership

Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

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

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ViamDeployment team leadership

Director, Forward Deployed Engineering

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

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SailPointDeployment team leadership

FDE Team Lead and Architect

US · city not listed

Leads a small team of Forward Deployed Engineers while serving as a technical and consultative architect across sales, implementation, and product engagements.

$97,600–$164,492

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Deloitte USDeployment team leadership

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI

Multiple US offices

Lead forward-deployed engineering pods at Deloitte's most strategic clients, architecting and delivering production-grade GenAI solutions (copilots, agentic workflows, RAG) while serving as the senior client-facing technical authority.

$189,200–$372,900

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SCANInternal deployment & tooling

Forward-deployed AI Engineer

Long Beach, CAHybrid

SCAN is hiring a Forward-Deployed AI Engineer to embed with business teams, identify AI opportunities, and rapidly build and deploy production AI solutions across the organization.

$125,400–$215,975

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Deep InfraTechnical pre-sales

Forward Deployed Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

DeepInfra is hiring its first Forward Deployed Engineer to own the technical win for enterprise AI inference deals end-to-end, from first call to production.

$150,000–$195,000

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Deloitte USDeployment team leadership

Lead Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS

Multiple US offices

Lead forward-deployed engineering pods for Deloitte's most strategic government and public services clients, architecting and delivering production-grade GenAI/LLM solutions on Palantir platforms.

$189,200–$372,900

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WillowTreeDeployment team leadership

Director, AI Forward Deployed Researcher

USRemote

Director-level role leading a team of Forward Deployed Researchers and Engineers embedded within Fortune 500 and regulated clients, driving frontier AI research into production.

$211,000–$264,000

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ParloaInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Engineer, DevOps

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

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Form EnergyInternal deployment & tooling

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

Somerville, MA · Weirton, WVHybrid

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer embedded across R&D, manufacturing, field, and commercial operations to identify high-leverage problems and build production software and AI solutions.

$128,660–$194,218

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AmigoDeployment team leadership

Head of Forward Deployed Engineering [NYC or SF]

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

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VercelDeployment team leadership

Director of Forward Deployed Engineering

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

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