MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Data Science
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
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FigmaProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$153,000–$376,000
$155,600–$306,800
$147,700–$215,000
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineering
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
DeepgramProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$193,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Cyber Identity - FDE Senior Consultant - Senior Engineering Management Specialist
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
$190,000–$240,000
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Technical Program Management
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
Pay not posted
$155,600–$306,800
$200,000–$240,000
$160,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$134,500–$265,100
Thomson ReutersProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3
$118,400–$219,800
$250,000–$280,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
$134,500–$265,100
$130,000–$275,000
Retell AIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Spanish Fluency Required)
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
Retell AIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Mandarin Fluency Required)
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$100,000–$140,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Microsoft AI & Data
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$200,000–$400,000
$185,000–$300,000
$180,000–$230,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Senior Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$155,600–$306,800
$130,000–$210,000
$200,000–$260,000
$180,000–$230,000
$155,600–$306,800
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers pay?
461 of 575 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $237,000, across 192 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers require?
Of 575 postings, 242 state a minimum number of years, from 130 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 125 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (76), 10 or more years (24) or under 3 years (17).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers?
These 575 postings come from 258 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (44), LangChain (16), Databricks (15), OpenAI (14) and Amazon (incl AWS) (12).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers remote?
123 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 164 are hybrid and 133 are on-site. The remaining 155 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 286 of the 575 postings.
Counted over the 575 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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