$180,000–$250,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations serving external customers
790 postings · 419 companies · 612 state pay: median $207,000, half $174,000–$230,000
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$185,000–$300,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
$175,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$215,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$168,100–$250,200
Pay not posted
$180,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
$240,000–$300,000
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
Pay not posted
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
$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
$130,000–$210,000
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
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
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$248,700–$341,250
$150,000–$200,000
$200,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering, Prisma AIRS)
CA, TX, NYOn-site
$156,400–$253,000
Pay not posted
505 of 790 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations serving external customers pay?
612 of 790 postings state a pay range. The median is $207,000, and half of them sit between $174,000 and $230,000, from 295 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations serving external customers require?
Of 790 postings, 528 state a minimum number of years, from 298 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 265 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (182), under 3 years (41) or 10 or more years (40).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations serving external customers?
These 790 postings come from 419 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (28), Amazon (incl AWS) (26), Deloitte US (24), OpenAI (18) and Accenture (17).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations serving external customers remote?
178 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 206 are hybrid and 177 are on-site. The remaining 229 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 417 of the 790 postings.
Counted over the 790 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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