$133,400–$226,800
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers
1,157 postings · 539 companies · 897 state pay: median $205,000, half $170,000–$230,000
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$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$136,948–$167,380
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$185,000–$300,000
$175,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$215,000
$180,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
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$240,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$143,700–$213,800
Pay not posted
Senior Software Engineer – AI, Tax and Audit, FDE
Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · +2 moreBrooklyn, NY +3Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$200,000–$260,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$85,000–$95,000
Pay not posted
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
$180,000–$250,000
$197,800–$271,975
Pay not posted
$240,000–$415,000
$208,600–$312,900
$200,000–$287,500
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
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
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers pay?
897 of 1,157 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $230,000, from 372 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers require?
Of 1,157 postings, 757 state a minimum number of years, from 373 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 385 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (267), 10 or more years (57) or under 3 years (48).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers?
These 1,157 postings come from 539 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (70), Databricks (63), Amazon (incl AWS) (34), OpenAI (25) and Accenture (24).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads serving external customers remote?
251 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 289 are hybrid and 236 are on-site. The remaining 381 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 615 of the 1,157 postings.
Counted over the 1,157 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings