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Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$180,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Data Science
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
FigmaProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$153,000–$376,000
$147,700–$215,000
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineering
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$240,000–$300,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI - Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE Senior Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$112,900–$366,300
$190,200–$360,500
SnowflakeProduction engineering
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
$310,000–$350,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
PMGProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineering Principal
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Tessera LabsProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$180,000–$233,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
SmartsheetProduction engineering
Senior Principal Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)
USRemote
$235,000–$315,000
$180,000–$400,000
$156,000–$224,250
$160,000–$205,000
$200,000–$275,000
$146,000–$183,000
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Richmond, VAHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
CoreWeaveProduction engineering
Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles
San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CASan Francisco, CA +1
$177,000–$237,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
Ode with AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$275,000–$400,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Reston, VAHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
CoreWeaveProduction engineering
Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Robotics
San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CASan Francisco, CA +1
$177,000–$237,000
$265,000–$265,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Denver, COHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Chicago, ILHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Charlotte, NCHybrid
Pay not posted
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Columbus, OHHybrid
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers pay?
87 of 101 postings state a pay range. The median is $250,000, and half of them sit between $207,000 and $282,000, across 59 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers require?
Of 101 postings, 48 state a minimum number of years, from 36 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 20 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (18) or 3 to 5 years (10).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers?
These 101 postings come from 69 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (9), CapTech Consulting (8), Databricks (4), Snorkel AI (4) and Qualified Health (3).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers remote?
21 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 36 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 30 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 43 of the 101 postings.
Counted over the 101 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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