$85,000–$95,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads
1,471 postings · 720 companies · 1,130 state pay: median $200,000, half $170,000–$230,000
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$180,000–$250,000
$197,800–$271,975
$250,000–$400,000 · OTE
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$240,000–$415,000
$208,600–$312,900
$200,000–$250,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Customer Facing
Holtsville, NY · Lincolnshire, ILHoltsville, NY +1Hybrid
$96,800–$145,200
$130,000–$210,000
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$184,000–$356,500
$54,392–$205,795
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$185,000–$300,000
$160,000–$180,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering, Prisma AIRS)
CA, TX, NYOn-site
$156,400–$253,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
$150,000–$200,000
$200,000–$240,000
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$145,600–$240,695
$134,500–$265,100
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
807 of 1,471 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads pay?
1,130 of 1,471 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $230,000, from 503 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads require?
Of 1,471 postings, 970 state a minimum number of years, from 512 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 458 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (357), 10 or more years (90) or under 3 years (65).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads?
These 1,471 postings come from 720 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (39), Accenture (26) and OpenAI (24).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads remote?
331 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 382 are hybrid and 274 are on-site. The remaining 484 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 669 of the 1,471 postings.
Counted over the 1,471 postings in this search. Postings read on November 2, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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