$185,000–$225,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers
284 postings · 174 companies · 236 state pay: median $230,000, half $205,000–$275,000
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$90,000–$200,000
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$274,400–$343,000
$265,000–$265,000
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$220,000–$292,000
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OpenAILeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services
New York, NYHybrid
$302,000–$385,000
$163,100–$286,900
Pay not posted
HadrianLeads the deployment team
Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Torrance, CAOn-site
$300,000–$415,000
$230,000–$294,000
$180,000–$220,000
$175,000–$225,000
Flow EngineeringLeads the deployment team
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$240,000–$300,000
$230,000–$294,000
$250,000–$315,000
$300,000–$360,000
$240,000–$315,000
$180,000–$250,000
The Carlyle GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Product Engineer
Washington, DCOn-site
$210,000–$220,000
$210,000–$300,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$302,000–$385,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$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
Cursor (Anysphere)Leads the deployment team
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
$170,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Clarity InnovationsLeads the deployment team
Platform Engineering Senior Manager - Forward Deployed Engineer
Annapolis Junction, MD
$145,900–$248,000
$320,000–$488,750
CiscoLeads the deployment team
Director, Solutions Engineer Forward Deployed - Splunk (Remote)
New York, NYRemote
$307,600–$468,200
$300,000–$415,000
172 of 284 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers pay?
236 of 284 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $205,000 and $275,000, from 138 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require?
Of 284 postings, 197 state a minimum number of years, from 130 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 96 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (55) or 3 to 5 years (46).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers?
These 284 postings come from 174 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (15), Deloitte US (9), CapTech Consulting (8), OpenAI (7) and Accenture (6).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote?
60 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 91 are hybrid and 44 are on-site. The remaining 89 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 134 of the 284 postings.
Counted over the 284 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