$240,000–$280,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales
257 jobs
$150,000–$400,000
FriendliAIProduction engineering
Solutions Architect - AI Inference Specialist
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$145,000–$200,000
$115,520–$198,360
$199,800–$222,000
Pay not posted
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
Pay not posted
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
SitrepsDeployment strategy
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$140,000–$220,000
$192,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
$160,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$100,000–$125,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Sony Pictures EntertainmentInternal deployment & tooling
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Culver City, CA
$195,000–$245,000
Pay not posted
ElevenLabsCustomer adoption & accounts
Forward Deployed Creative
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
$200,000–$250,000
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$133,100–$176,400
$230,000–$300,000
$125,000–$270,000
$153,000–$200,000
$190,000–$265,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales pay?
Of 257 postings, 196 list a pay range. The median posted range is $150,000–$223,000 across 104 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales require?
Of 257 postings, 78 state a minimum number of years, from 53 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 52 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (14), under 3 years (11) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales?
These 257 postings come from 144 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (23), LangChain (13), Istari Digital (9), Amazon (incl AWS) (7) and OpenAI (7).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales remote?
Of 257 postings, 207 state a work arrangement, from 122 companies. Of those, 59 are remote, 68 are hybrid and 80 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 123 of the 257 postings.
Counted over the 257 postings in this search, as read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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