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Deloitte USDeployment team leadership
Lead Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$180,000–$200,000
$210,000–$250,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
$186,500–$311,000
$135,000–$160,000
$160,000–$200,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$170,000–$225,000
$100,000–$125,000
VercelDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
Pay not posted
$115,000–$180,000
snaplogicImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Mateo, CA · San Francisco, CASan Mateo, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$180,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
ElevenLabsCustomer adoption & accounts
Forward Deployed Creative
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatadogDeployment team leadership
Datadog for Startups - Forward Deployed Engineering Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$211,800–$291,300
Pay not posted
Cursor (Anysphere)Deployment team leadership
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$260,000–$290,000
$240,000–$300,000
$215,000–$285,000
$200,000–$250,000
GoviniDeployment team leadership
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
Qualified HealthImplementation & delivery
Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization
USRemote
$190,000–$250,000
HightouchTechnical pre-sales
Forward Deployed Product Manager
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$175,000–$230,000
$133,100–$176,400
$230,000–$300,000
$125,000–$270,000
BasetenDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$380,000
$99,000–$225,000
$230,000–$300,000
$190,000–$240,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers pay?
464 of 579 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $237,000, across 192 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers require?
Of 579 postings, 244 state a minimum number of years, from 131 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 125 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (77), 10 or more years (24) or under 3 years (18).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers?
These 579 postings come from 259 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (44), LangChain (16), Databricks (15), OpenAI (15) and Amazon (incl AWS) (12).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers remote?
124 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 165 are hybrid and 133 are on-site. The remaining 157 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 289 of the 579 postings.
Counted over the 579 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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