DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Financial Services
US · city not listed
$115,800–$199,100
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GoogleInternal deployment & tooling
Lead GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer, YouTube GTM Operations
San Bruno, CA · Mountain View, CA · +1 moreSan Bruno, CA +2
$186,000–$269,000
$155,000–$215,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
$126,200–$212,754
$120,000–$160,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Healthcare & Life Sciences
US · city not listed
$124,800–$214,500
$199,800–$222,000
$220,000–$315,000
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
C3.aiDeployment team leadership
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering, Americas
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$250,000–$350,000
$250,000–$275,000
The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer, Client Solutions Group
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$160,000–$190,000
$137,000–$270,000
MicrosoftImplementation & delivery
Senior Software Engineer - Windows Solutions FDE
US · city not listed
$119,800–$261,000
Expedia GroupInternal deployment & tooling
Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer
Seattle, WA · San Jose, CASeattle, WA +1
$231,000–$398,500
$210,000–$220,000
$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
$110,800–$177,300
$218,208–$272,760
$90,000–$160,000
Live Nation EntertainmentInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
Los Angeles, CA · Beverly Hills, CALos Angeles, CA +1Remote
$166,000–$208,000
$110,800–$177,300
$200,000–$300,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
$110,800–$177,300
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent -Forward Deployed Engineer Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
$155,600–$306,800
PwC (US)Deployment team leadership
Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Manager
New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$99,000–$266,000
CiscoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer –Service Provider OSS/BSS Integration (Remote)
San Jose, CARemote
$142,900–$253,200
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent -Forward Deployed Engineer Managing Consultant
Dallas, TX
$127,500–$249,350
Deloitte USImplementation & delivery
Cyber Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Consultant
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
PwC (US)Deployment team leadership
Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Senior Manager
New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$124,000–$335,000
CiscoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer Secure Services Edge (Remote)
Austin, TXRemote
$166,300–$307,800
$207,000–$300,000
Deloitte USDeployment team leadership
Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,617 of 1,618 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $231,000, across 519 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,618 postings, 722 state a minimum number of years, from 311 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 332 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (262), under 3 years (71) or 10 or more years (57).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,618 postings come from 520 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (69), Deloitte US (69), Amazon (incl AWS) (63), Accenture (44) and OpenAI (41).
Are FDE jobs remote?
259 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 416 are hybrid and 320 are on-site. The remaining 623 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 699 of the 1,618 postings.
Counted over the 1,618 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 693 jobs · 289 companies · 693
- New York metro · 605 jobs · 264 companies · 605
- Washington, DC area · 304 jobs · 74 companies · 304
- Seattle area · 152 jobs · 52 companies · 152
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 126 jobs · 35 companies · 126
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Austin · 118 jobs · 51 companies · 118
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 78 jobs · 21 companies · 78
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 46 jobs · 12 companies · 46
- Raleigh–Durham · 46 jobs · 18 companies · 46
- Philadelphia · 39 jobs · 11 companies · 39
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 39 jobs · 8 companies · 39
- Miami · 37 jobs · 12 companies · 37
- Kansas City · 30 jobs · 5 companies · 30
- Phoenix · 25 jobs · 6 companies · 25
- Portland · 23 jobs · 4 companies · 23
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
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FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1092 jobs · 385 companies · 1092
- Internal deployment & tooling · 404 jobs · 257 companies · 404
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 107 jobs · 74 companies · 107
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1087 jobs · 493 companies · 1087
- Technical lead · 992 jobs · 407 companies · 992
- People manager · 108 jobs · 80 companies · 108
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 674 jobs · 142 companies · 674
- Growth (Series B–C) · 354 jobs · 160 companies · 354
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
- Subsidiary · 73 jobs · 38 companies · 73
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1719 jobs · 639 companies · 1719
- Configuration / integration · 262 jobs · 161 companies · 262
- Prototypes / scripts · 99 jobs · 62 companies · 99
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
- Ongoing operations · 1666 jobs · 631 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 808 jobs · 345 companies · 808
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1686 jobs · 531 companies · 1686
- Internal teams · 344 jobs · 230 companies · 344
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461