AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$112,900–$366,300
FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers
2,530 postings · 1,035 companies · 1,834 state pay: median $195,000, half $163,000–$225,000
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$200,000–$275,000
$180,000–$300,000
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$150,000–$190,000
$213,000–$314,000
$135,000–$200,000
$175,000–$250,000
Meridian: Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (Senior / Suitland, MD / Hybrid) [TS/SCI]
Suitland, MDHybrid
Pay not posted
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$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
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 moreNew York, NY +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
$270,400–$401,600
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +10 moreBoston, MA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$175,000–$250,000
Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 moreFrisco, TX +2Hybrid
$137,100–$254,700
$88,544–$207,401
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$262,000–$364,000
$72,600–$132,100
$156,000–$186,000
Pay not posted
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, BankingSuite (Manager) - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$266,100
$140,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$137,160–$228,480
$124,646–$168,272
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$158,520–$294,360
$143,640–$273,000
$97,860–$316,750
$70,500–$203,400
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$300,000
$175,000–$200,000
$220,000–$245,000
1,691 of 2,530 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers pay?
1,834 of 2,530 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 680 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require?
Of 2,530 postings, 1,430 state a minimum number of years, from 682 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 774 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (393), under 3 years (172) or 10 or more years (91).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers?
These 2,530 postings come from 1,035 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (77), Databricks (68), Amazon (incl AWS) (62), Palantir (60) and Accenture (44).
Are FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote?
530 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 610 are hybrid and 696 are on-site. The remaining 694 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,216 of the 2,530 postings.
Counted over the 2,530 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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