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FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation with significant travel
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$220,000–$245,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud, Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$174,000–$252,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$185,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$207,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$126,000–$248,000
$134,500–$265,100
SalesforceProduction engineering
Lead Forward Deployed Engineering - Data Science & Integration
Herndon, VARemote
$172,500–$260,100
PwC (US)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineering - Senior Associate
New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$77,000–$214,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Arlington, VA · Washington, DCArlington, VA +1
$70,500–$203,400
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Oracle Applications Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
$120,000–$170,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$80,400–$316,300
Deloitte USProduction engineering
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, Insurance Growth Suite (Manager) - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
$134,500–$265,100
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$168,100–$261,500
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineering
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
AccentureProduction engineering
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$138,800–$434,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Cyber - AWS Forward Deployed Security Engineer (FDE) - Senior Consultant
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$168,100–$250,200
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Technical Program Management
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
$182,000–$250,208
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Cyber - GCP Forward Deployed Security Engineer (FDE) - Senior Consultant
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
$147,700–$215,000
$142,800–$304,200
ServiceNowProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Solution Engineer – Applied AI FDE
Santa Clara, CARemote
$201,300–$352,300
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Cyber Identity - FDE Senior Consultant - Senior Engineering Management Specialist
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$119,800–$261,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
$155,600–$306,800
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security
US · city not listedHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation with significant travel pay?
190 of 220 postings state a pay range. The median is $208,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $231,000, across 67 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation with significant travel require?
Of 220 postings, 120 state a minimum number of years, from 50 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 59 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (44), 10 or more years (13) or under 3 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation with significant travel?
These 220 postings come from 84 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (59), Accenture (15), OpenAI (8), Databricks (7) and Anduril (6).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation with significant travel remote?
45 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 55 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 104 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 220 of the 220 postings.
Counted over the 220 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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