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Seattle, WA · San Jose, CASeattle, WA +1
$120,000–$180,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads
1,464 postings · 713 companies · 1,122 state pay: median $200,000, half $170,000–$229,000
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Technical lead
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$200,000–$275,000
$95,000–$140,000
MedtronicBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Finance Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Fridley, MNOn-site
$123,200–$184,800
SoFiBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
Pay not posted
$180,000–$200,000
Morgan StanleyBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer - Vice President
New York, NY
$155,000–$215,000
$155,000–$200,000
$180,000–$250,000
The Carlyle GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Client Solutions Group
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$160,000–$190,000
$90,000–$160,000
Live Nation EntertainmentBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
Los Angeles, CA · Beverly Hills, CALos Angeles, CA +1Remote
$166,000–$208,000
$180,000–$250,000
The Carlyle GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Product Engineer
Washington, DCOn-site
$210,000–$220,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
$170,000–$220,000
$150,000–$190,000
Pure StorageIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx
Santa Clara, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSanta Clara, CA +2On-site
$208,000–$305,000
UpsideBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM Platform
New York, NYHybrid
$214,000–$245,000
Ameriprise FinancialBuilds for teams inside the company
Vice President - Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Hybrid
$242,100–$332,900
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$154,000–$175,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$160,000–$200,000
NovartisBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Data42 (Palantir Foundry)
Cambridge, MAHybrid
$160,300–$297,700
Re:Build ManufacturingBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listed
$120,223–$180,334
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
$184,900–$250,200
Second Front SystemsIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Implementation Focus
USRemote
$160,000–$190,000
$215,000–$285,000
$120,000–$200,000
ReductoIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Together AIIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer, Strategic Inference
San Francisco, CA
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
TwentyIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)
Chantilly, VAOn-site
$192,000–$455,000
$150,000–$240,000
$160,000–$180,000
$180,000–$230,000
806 of 1,464 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads pay?
1,122 of 1,464 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $229,000, from 496 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads require?
Of 1,464 postings, 970 state a minimum number of years, from 508 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 456 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (360), 10 or more years (89) or under 3 years (65).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads?
These 1,464 postings come from 713 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (66), Amazon (incl AWS) (38), Accenture (26) and OpenAI (24).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads remote?
330 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 380 are hybrid and 274 are on-site. The remaining 480 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 666 of the 1,464 postings.
Counted over the 1,464 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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