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FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales
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snaplogicImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Mateo, CA · San Francisco, CASan Mateo, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$189,200–$372,900
$115,000–$180,000
$180,000–$190,000
$260,000–$290,000
$223,700–$372,900
$215,000–$285,000
Qualified HealthImplementation & delivery
Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization
USRemote
$190,000–$250,000
$230,000–$300,000
Deloitte USDeployment team leadership
Lead Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$99,000–$225,000
WonderschoolInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI
Gallup, NM · San Francisco, CAGallup, NM +1On-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$170,000–$280,000 · OTE
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Lead Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Healthcare & Life Sciences
US · city not listed
$143,000–$245,850
$160,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$180,000–$230,000
$200,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$171,200–$256,800 · OTE
Pay not posted
$180,000–$220,000
$153,600–$207,800
$200,000–$250,000
Deloitte USImplementation & delivery
Palantir Engineer - AI and Data Science Engineer III
Huntsville, AL
Pay not posted
$234,000–$335,000
Pay not posted
NVIDIAImplementation & delivery
Senior Solutions Architect, NVIDIA Cloud Partners
Santa Clara, CARemote
$184,000–$287,500
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000
$170,000–$240,000
$200,000–$250,000
SnowflakeImplementation & delivery
Principal Solutions Architect - AI/ML, Services Delivery
New York, NY
$196,000–$257,200
Scale AIDeployment strategy
Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector
Washington, DC
$166,400–$208,000
NVIDIAImplementation & delivery
Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference
Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales pay?
246 of 301 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $176,000 and $231,000, across 125 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales require?
Of 301 postings, 141 state a minimum number of years, from 79 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 69 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (54), 10 or more years (11) or under 3 years (7).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales?
These 301 postings come from 158 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (34), Databricks (12), CapTech Consulting (10), NVIDIA (8) and OpenAI (7).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving pre-sales remote?
62 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 88 are hybrid and 58 are on-site. The remaining 93 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 161 of the 301 postings.
Counted over the 301 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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