$142,800–$274,800
View job →Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers
235 jobs
Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering
Associate Director, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer
Frisco, TXHybrid
$143,640–$273,000
View job →$97,860–$316,750
View job →$220,000–$245,000
View job →$119,800–$234,700
View job →Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
View job →GoogleProduction engineering
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$207,000–$300,000
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
View job →$221,200–$387,100
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View job →$110,800–$177,300
View job →$236,000–$289,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →$110,800–$177,300
View job →$130,000–$200,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$192,010–$274,300
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View job →$132,200–$211,500
View job →$180,000–$230,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering
Associate Director, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer
Frisco, TXHybrid
$143,640–$273,000
View job →$189,200–$372,900
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
View job →Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
View job →$180,000–$240,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$168,100–$250,200
View job →Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
View job →MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Data Science
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
View job →FigmaProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$153,000–$376,000
View job →$147,700–$215,000
View job →Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Data Scientist - Oil & Gas, Houston
Houston, TXHybrid
Pay range unavailable
View job →MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineering
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
View job →TenstorrentProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Austin, TX · Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX +1Remote
$100,000–$500,000 · base + variable
View job →$200,000–$260,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →MicrosoftProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Health
New York, NYOn-site
$142,800–$331,200
View job →$254,000–$297,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers pay?
Of 235 postings, 195 list a pay range. The median posted range is $190,000–$289,000 across 104 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require?
Of 235 postings, 118 state a minimum number of years, from 72 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 53 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (39) or 3 to 5 years (26).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers?
These 235 postings come from 129 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (10), Deloitte US (10), Amazon (incl AWS) (9), CapTech Consulting (8) and Microsoft (7).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote?
Of 235 postings, 157 state a work arrangement, from 106 companies. Of those, 54 are remote, 66 are hybrid and 37 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 102 of the 235 postings.
Counted over the 235 postings in this search, as read on September 17, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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