$250,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams
221 postings · 157 companies · 175 state pay: median $186,000, half $155,000–$226,000
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Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)
Colorado Springs, CO · Aurora, CO · +1 moreColorado Springs, CO +2Hybrid
$143,824–$179,780
$160,000–$200,000
Safety RadarIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer | AI Implementation & Customer Success
Denver, CO · Tulsa, OKDenver, CO +1Hybrid
$95,000–$125,000
Sedgwick Claims Management ServicesBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
FLRemote
Pay not posted
OpenAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
$129,500–$150,500
GRIDSIGHTBuilds for teams inside the company
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · US remoteAustin, TX +1 · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
Cadre AILeads the deployment team
Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA
San Diego, CAHybrid
$165,000–$200,000
$181,000–$235,000
Second Front SystemsIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Implementation Focus
USRemote
$160,000–$190,000
Re:Build ManufacturingBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
US · city not listed
$120,223–$180,334
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
$184,900–$250,200
Pay not posted
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Thomson ReutersPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Legal Engineer, Legal Products Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
Frisco, TX · New York, NYFrisco, TX +1Hybrid
$94,900–$203,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Lead (SVP - Applied AI & Engineering)
Irving, TX
$156,160–$234,240
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Software Engineer Internship
New York, NY
$52,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
GradialIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Product Analyst
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$120,000–$135,000
Johnson & JohnsonLeads the deployment team
Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs
Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PARaritan, NJ +1
$164,000–$282,900
100 of 221 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams pay?
175 of 221 postings state a pay range. The median is $186,000, and half of them sit between $155,000 and $226,000, from 120 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 221 postings, 136 state a minimum number of years, from 104 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 59 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (44), under 3 years (20) or 10 or more years (13).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams?
These 221 postings come from 157 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (15), Amazon (incl AWS) (9), Aircall (8), NVIDIA (7) and Sia (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams remote?
54 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 63 are hybrid and 47 are on-site. The remaining 57 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 77 of the 221 postings.
Counted over the 221 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings