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AccentureProduction engineering
AI - Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE Senior Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$112,900–$366,300
$180,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
Thomson ReutersDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Solutions (AI)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5Hybrid
$137,200–$293,500
GoogleDeployment team leadership
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$262,000–$364,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Director, Product Management — Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +1 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +2
$237,500–$350,000
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
CloudflareDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreAustin, TX +2Hybrid
$234,000–$310,000
C3.aiDeployment team leadership
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering, Americas
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$250,000–$350,000
$210,000–$300,000
ChalkDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$350,000
Deloitte USDeployment team leadership
Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
Pay not posted
$138,000–$230,000
$97,600–$164,492
$186,500–$311,000
Thomson ReutersDeployment team leadership
Manager, Software Development Engineering, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
Pay not posted
Scale AIDeployment team leadership
Sr. Director, (Applied AI) Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
$285,200–$356,500
Mesh PaymentsDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$282,000–$355,000
VercelDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
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
$240,000–$300,000
$211,800–$291,300
GoviniDeployment team leadership
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
BasetenDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$380,000
$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
$320,000–$405,000
IntercomDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
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
$275,000–$360,000
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving pre-sales serving external customers pay?
38 of 46 postings state a pay range. The median is $279,000, and half of them sit between $242,000 and $317,000, across 29 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving pre-sales serving external customers require?
Of 46 postings, 21 state a minimum number of years, from 19 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (7) or 3 to 5 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving pre-sales serving external customers?
These 46 postings come from 36 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (3), Deloitte US (3), Anthropic (2), PVM (2) and Qualified Health (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for people managers involving pre-sales serving external customers remote?
7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 18 are hybrid and 8 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 20 of the 46 postings.
Counted over the 46 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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