GoogleDeployment team leadership
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$262,000–$364,000
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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
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
CloudflareDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreAustin, TX +2Hybrid
$234,000–$310,000
$199,800–$222,000
$180,000–$250,000
C3.aiDeployment team leadership
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering, Americas
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$250,000–$350,000
Pay not posted
$210,000–$300,000
$180,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$110,800–$177,300
Pay not posted
ChalkDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$350,000
Pay not posted
GoogleImplementation & delivery
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent -Forward Deployed Engineer Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
Pay not posted
Ode with AnthropicDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Product Manager (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$275,000
GoogleImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto
Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WAMountain View, CA +1
$152,000–$221,000
Pay not posted
NotionDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$165,000–$205,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$140,000–$220,000
Pure StorageImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx
Santa Clara, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSanta Clara, CA +2On-site
$208,000–$305,000
Thomson ReutersDeployment team leadership
Manager, Software Development Engineering, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$150,000–$195,000
$126,050.05–$189,075.08
Scale AIDeployment team leadership
Sr. Director, (Applied AI) Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
$285,200–$356,500
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Mesh PaymentsDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$282,000–$355,000
$160,000–$200,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
$160,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$100,000–$125,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$180,000
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
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
302 of 397 postings state a pay range. The median is $209,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $243,000, across 154 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 397 postings, 136 state a minimum number of years, from 96 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 76 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (36), 10 or more years (13) or under 3 years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 397 postings come from 213 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (12), CapTech Consulting (10), NVIDIA (10), OpenAI (10) and Google (8).
Are FDE jobs remote?
81 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 125 are hybrid and 112 are on-site. The remaining 79 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 91 of the 397 postings.
Counted over the 397 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 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 · 604 jobs · 265 companies · 604
- Washington, DC area · 305 jobs · 77 companies · 305
- Seattle area · 155 jobs · 54 companies · 155
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 34 companies · 125
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- Boston area · 109 jobs · 46 companies · 109
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- Raleigh–Durham · 45 jobs · 17 companies · 45
- 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 · 24 jobs · 5 companies · 24
- Portland · 24 jobs · 5 companies · 24
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
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- Production engineering · 1093 jobs · 385 companies · 1093
- Internal deployment & tooling · 401 jobs · 255 companies · 401
- Implementation & delivery · 366 jobs · 211 companies · 366
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 104 jobs · 71 companies · 104
- Technical pre-sales · 43 jobs · 26 companies · 43
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
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FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1094 jobs · 495 companies · 1094
- Technical lead · 983 jobs · 404 companies · 983
- People manager · 107 jobs · 79 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 600 jobs · 124 companies · 600
- Later private · 545 jobs · 160 companies · 545
- Growth (Series B–C) · 349 jobs · 146 companies · 349
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 108 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 55 jobs · 28 companies · 55
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1699 jobs · 631 companies · 1699
- Configuration / integration · 261 jobs · 162 companies · 261
- Prototypes / scripts · 100 jobs · 63 companies · 100
- No coding · 65 jobs · 45 companies · 65
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2128 jobs · 715 companies · 2128
- Ongoing operations · 1651 jobs · 627 companies · 1651
- Proof of concept · 800 jobs · 343 companies · 800
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 614 jobs · 267 companies · 614
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1671 jobs · 527 companies · 1671
- Internal teams · 338 jobs · 225 companies · 338
- Both · 162 jobs · 109 companies · 162
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 454 jobs · 140 companies · 454