$168,100–$261,500
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads
1,472 postings · 721 companies · 1,131 state pay: median $200,000, half $170,000–$230,000
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Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$150,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$166,900–$278,100
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$152,152–$205,405
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
Austin, TX · San Francisco, CAAustin, TX +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$201,300–$352,300
Pay not posted
$152,000–$221,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
$133,400–$226,800
$170,000–$210,000
$130,000–$250,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$154,975–$192,553
Pay not posted
$199,000–$325,000
$105,400–$207,800
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$125,500–$261,600
Pay not posted
Up to $150,000
$105,400–$207,800
$120,000–$210,000
$111,000–$180,000
Up to $185,000
$232,900–$291,100
$198,000–$319,000/mo
$216,750–$263,925
$110,000–$170,000
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$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
$150,000–$190,000
$180,000–$220,000
$117,600–$206,000
Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed Platform
San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$190,000–$300,000
$150,000–$190,000
808 of 1,472 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads pay?
1,131 of 1,472 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $230,000, from 504 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads require?
Of 1,472 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 1,472 postings come from 721 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 275 are on-site. The remaining 484 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 669 of the 1,472 postings.
Counted over the 1,472 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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