$185,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations and significant travel
224 postings · 97 companies · 195 state pay: median $209,000, half $180,000–$229,000
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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
$130,000–$210,000
$185,000–$300,000
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
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +4 moreDenver, CO +5
$143,700–$213,800
$165,830–$243,142
$191,000–$289,300
$150,000–$170,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$255,000
$191,000–$289,300
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
$220,000–$270,000
$201,300–$352,300
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
$199,000–$325,000
$111,000–$180,000
$198,000–$319,000/mo
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$216,750–$263,925
Pay not posted
$220,000–$240,000 · OTE
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 moreDenver, CO +4
$168,100–$227,400
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$175,000–$200,000
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 moreJessup, MD +5
$168,100–$250,200
$185,000–$300,000
$175,000–$200,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
$172,500–$260,100
137 of 224 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations and significant travel pay?
195 of 224 postings state a pay range. The median is $209,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $229,000, from 78 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations and significant travel require?
Of 224 postings, 154 state a minimum number of years, from 71 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 84 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (45), 10 or more years (14) or under 3 years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations and significant travel?
These 224 postings come from 97 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (27), Deloitte US (21), Accenture (13), OpenAI (12) and Anduril (9).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations and significant travel remote?
61 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 51 are hybrid and 30 are on-site. The remaining 82 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 224 of the 224 postings.
Counted over the 224 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings