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Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation with significant travel
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70 jobs
$220,000–$245,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$185,000–$300,000
SecurityScorecardProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Austin, TXNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
SalesforceProduction engineering
Lead Forward Deployed Engineering - Data Science & Integration
Herndon, VARemote
$172,500–$260,100
$189,200–$372,900
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
Pay not posted
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Data Science
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
$147,700–$215,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$168,100–$250,200
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineering
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
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
$310,000–$350,000
$142,800–$304,200
AccentureProduction engineering
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$80,400–$305,000
$220,000–$239,000
$118,400–$222,000
Tessera LabsProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$180,000–$233,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$220,000–$239,000
$160,000–$270,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
SmartsheetProduction engineering
Senior Principal Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)
USRemote
$235,000–$315,000
ServiceNowProduction engineering
Senior Staff AI Agent Engineer – Moveworks | Customer Deployment
San Francisco, CARemote
$190,900–$334,100
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Senior Agentic Identity Security Manager
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$80,400–$293,800
Fidelity National Information ServicesProduction engineering
Forward Deployment Engineer Principal
Jacksonville, FLRemote
Pay not posted
$200,000–$250,000
$220,000–$292,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Software Engineering Senior Manager/Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$112,900–$366,300
StriveworksProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXRemote
$210,000–$260,000
$137,000–$270,000
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeProsperity - Lead Product Forward Deployed Engineer for FSI Signals - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
AccentureImplementation & delivery
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$62,800–$218,800
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation with significant travel pay?
66 of 70 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $208,000 and $262,000, across 32 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation with significant travel require?
Of 70 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 27 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 22 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (18), 3 to 5 years (8) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation with significant travel?
These 70 postings come from 36 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (9), Accenture (8), Amazon (incl AWS) (8), Microsoft (4) and Adobe (2).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation with significant travel remote?
18 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 15 are hybrid and 1 are on-site. The remaining 36 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 70 of the 70 postings.
Counted over the 70 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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