$180,000–$240,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales
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$180,000–$200,000
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$110,000–$170,000
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$110,000–$170,000
$90,000–$225,000
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$180,000–$320,000
PalantirImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$90,000–$150,000
ModalImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer - ML
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$180,000–$250,000
$175,000–$205,000
$140,000–$250,000
$135,000–$175,000
$150,000–$300,000
$210,000–$220,000
$137,000–$182,000
CoreWeaveImplementation & delivery
Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA +1
$182,000–$242,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$184,000–$287,500
$114,600–$234,600
$165,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
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$130,000–$175,000
$180,000–$280,000
$200,000–$285,000
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Implementation & delivery
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe Delivery Team
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
SitrepsImplementation & delivery
Senior Engagement Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Washington, DCLos Angeles, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$220,000
LiberateDeployment strategy
Founding Deployment Strategist
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$260,000
$200,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Implementation & delivery
Associate Delivery Consultant – AIML, A2C ProServe Shared Delivery (SDT)
Chicago, IL · Jersey City, NJ · +4 moreChicago, IL +5
$98,200–$185,000
NVIDIAImplementation & delivery
Senior Solutions Architect, NVIDIA Cloud Partners - Telco
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WASanta Clara, CA +1Remote
$152,000–$287,500
Tessera LabsDeployment strategy
Deployed Strategist
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$150,000–$210,000
$175,000–$250,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Implementation & delivery
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales pay?
196 of 257 postings state a pay range. The median is $191,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $225,000, 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?
59 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 68 are hybrid and 80 are on-site. The remaining 50 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 123 of the 257 postings.
Counted over the 257 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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