GoviniDeployment team leadership
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
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TENEX.AIDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 moreScottsdale, AZ +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
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$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
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$190,000–$240,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$228,000–$403,200
IntercomDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
$200,000–$275,000
$185,000–$225,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
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
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
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
$230,000–$303,000
$100,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
$176,000–$317,400
FluidstackDeployment team leadership
Decision Engineering Team Lead, Business Operations
New York, NYOn-site
$269,000–$335,000
MercorDeployment team leadership
Enterprise Applied AI Leader
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$520,000
OrbDeployment team leadership
Manager, Implementation Architects- New York City
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$195,000–$275,000
$251,000–$335,000
FluidstackDeployment team leadership
Decision Engineering Team Lead, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
New York, NYOn-site
$269,000–$335,000
$220,000–$292,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$230,000
Arch Capital GroupInternal deployment & tooling
AVP, AI (Data Science/Engineer) Remote - EST
Raleigh, NC · New York, NY · +2 moreRaleigh, NC +3Remote
$185,000–$235,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
72 of 86 postings state a pay range. The median is $253,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $293,000, across 57 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 86 postings, 36 state a minimum number of years, from 31 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 19 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (13) or 3 to 5 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 86 postings come from 68 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (7), Databricks (3), PVM (3), Qualified Health (3) and Snorkel AI (3).
Are FDE jobs remote?
13 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 30 are hybrid and 19 are on-site. The remaining 24 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 37 of the 86 postings.
Counted over the 86 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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- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
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- 25% or more · 448 jobs · 140 companies · 448