Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +7 moreLos Angeles, CA +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles serving external customers
16 postings · 11 companies · 13 state pay: median $236,000, half $200,000–$256,000
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AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +40 moreLos Angeles, CA +41
$112,900–$302,400
Pay not posted
Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services
Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreIrvine, CA +2On-site
$168,100–$227,400
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
$220,000–$292,000
HadrianLeads the deployment team
Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Torrance, CAOn-site
$300,000–$415,000
$180,000–$220,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Irvine, CA · East Palo Alto, CA · +4 moreIrvine, CA +5
$184,900–$287,700
AccentureLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Los Angeles, CA · Arlington, VA · +39 moreLos Angeles, CA +40
$80,400–$316,300
$300,000–$415,000
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +40 moreLos Angeles, CA +41
$62,800–$218,800
SitrepsIntegrates and configures it
Director Of Technical Operations
Los Angeles, CA · Washington, DCLos Angeles, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$220,000
$220,000–$292,000
8 of 16 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles serving external customers pay?
13 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $236,000, and half of them sit between $200,000 and $256,000, from 8 companies.
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles serving external customers?
These 16 postings come from 11 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (3), Amazon (incl AWS) (2), Anduril (2), Hadrian (2) and CliftonLarsonAllen (1).
Counted over the 16 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. 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