Cadre AIDeployment team leadership
Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA
San Diego, CAHybrid
$165,000–$200,000
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VercelDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Senior Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · San Diego, CA · +8 moreMountain View, CA +9
$220,100–$342,300
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
$300,000–$450,000
DatadogDeployment team leadership
Datadog for Startups - Forward Deployed Engineering Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Cursor (Anysphere)Deployment team leadership
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$211,800–$291,300
$240,000–$300,000
GoviniDeployment team leadership
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
TENEX.AIDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 moreScottsdale, AZ +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$147,900–$293,250
$236,000–$354,000
BasetenDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$380,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$190,000–$240,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
$320,000–$405,000
IntercomDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
$200,000–$275,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
$185,000–$225,000
CapgeminiImplementation & delivery
Capgemini Invent- Contextual Systems Engineer Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
Pay not posted
CitigroupInternal deployment & tooling
Lead Agentic AI Engineer – Vice President
Irving, TX · Tampa, FLIrving, TX +1Hybrid
$125,760–$188,640
$117,000–$150,000
The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling
Lead Engineer, AI & Process Automation
Washington, DC · New York, NYWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$170,000–$190,000
$200,000–$300,000
PwC (US)Internal deployment & tooling
Tax Innovation - AI Engineer - Manager
Dallas, TX · Chicago, IL · +2 moreDallas, TX +3
$99,000–$266,000
Applied IntuitionDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager - Forward Deployment (Defense)
Arlington, VAOn-site
$250,000–$300,000
$250,000–$425,000
Pay not posted
TuringDeployment team leadership
Staff Research Engineer
Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +1 morePalo Alto, CA +2On-site
$250,000–$400,000 · OTE
$220,000–$350,000
$200,000–$250,000
$275,000–$360,000
$230,000–$303,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving production implementation pay?
85 of 100 postings state a pay range. The median is $250,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $293,000, across 63 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving production implementation require?
Of 100 postings, 47 state a minimum number of years, from 36 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (18) or 3 to 5 years (8).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving production implementation?
These 100 postings come from 75 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (7), PwC (US) (5), Databricks (3), Deloitte US (3) and PVM (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving production implementation remote?
13 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 32 are hybrid and 20 are on-site. The remaining 35 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 49 of the 100 postings.
Counted over the 100 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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