Scale AIProduction engineering
Field Engineer, Data Engine
Colorado Springs, CO · Omaha, NE · +2 moreColorado Springs, CO +3
$140,000–$290,000
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$196,000–$223,000
$180,000–$210,000
$160,000–$210,000 · OTE
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$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$180,000–$245,000
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NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$150,000–$215,000
Pay not posted
Liquid AIProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
FriendliAIProduction engineering
Solutions Architect - AI Inference Specialist
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$265,000–$265,000
$240,000–$280,000
$150,000–$400,000
$145,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$170,000–$240,000
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer - Mission Dev
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$130,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
Thomson ReutersDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Solutions (AI)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5Hybrid
$137,200–$293,500
$115,520–$198,360
Pay not posted
$125,000–$200,000
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
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 strategy
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Financial Services
US · city not listed
$115,800–$199,100
$126,200–$212,754
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
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
$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
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
$180,000–$250,000
$210,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$110,800–$177,300
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales pay?
489 of 614 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $236,000, across 199 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales require?
Of 614 postings, 245 state a minimum number of years, from 132 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 127 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (76), 10 or more years (24) or under 3 years (18).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales?
These 614 postings come from 267 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (43), Palantir (24), LangChain (16), Databricks (15) and OpenAI (15).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales remote?
132 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 176 are hybrid and 147 are on-site. The remaining 159 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 308 of the 614 postings.
Counted over the 614 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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