$140,000–$190,000
FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers
939 postings · 463 companies · 707 state pay: median $201,000, half $168,000–$240,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
$155,000–$186,000
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$112,900–$366,300
$175,000–$250,000
$155,600–$306,800
$221,000–$275,000
$155,000–$175,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineer - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +3 moreColumbus, OH +4Hybrid
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$82,082–$193,440
$270,400–$401,600
$175,000–$250,000
$72,600–$132,100
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, BankingSuite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$266,100
$140,000–$180,000
$137,160–$228,480
$124,646–$168,272
Pay not posted
$143,640–$273,000
$158,520–$294,360
$70,500–$203,400
$175,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$112,900–$302,400
$185,000–$300,000
$140,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$120,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$162,000–$207,000
Pay not posted
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
645 of 939 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers pay?
707 of 939 postings state a pay range. The median is $201,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $240,000, from 311 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers require?
Of 939 postings, 553 state a minimum number of years, from 306 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 309 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (145), under 3 years (54) or 10 or more years (45).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers?
These 939 postings come from 463 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (65), Accenture (31), OpenAI (31), Amazon (incl AWS) (23) and Sierra (15).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers remote?
202 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 219 are hybrid and 213 are on-site. The remaining 305 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 479 of the 939 postings.
Counted over the 939 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