Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Dallas, TX
$159,300–$202,400
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Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Dallas, TX
$159,300–$202,400
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
GoogleInternal deployment & tooling
San Bruno, CA · Mountain View, CA · +1 moreSan Bruno, CA +2
$186,000–$269,000
$155,000–$215,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$126,200–$212,754
DatabricksDeployment strategy
US · city not listed
$124,800–$214,500
$250,000–$275,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
MicrosoftImplementation & delivery
US · city not listed
$119,800–$261,000
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
Expedia GroupInternal deployment & tooling
Seattle, WA · San Jose, CASeattle, WA +1
$231,000–$398,500
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
GoogleImplementation & delivery
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$183,000–$265,000
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +1 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +2
$237,500–$350,000
$207,000–$300,000
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Dallas, TX
$127,500–$249,350
$155,600–$306,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
GoogleImplementation & delivery
Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WAMountain View, CA +1
$152,000–$221,000
$120,840–$145,300
Deloitte USImplementation & delivery
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
SharkNinjaInternal deployment & tooling
Needham, MA
$135,000–$165,000
$186,500–$311,000
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
ForterraImplementation & delivery
Arlington, VA · Clarksburg, MD · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$120,000–$150,000
$142,800–$304,200
SalesforceImplementation & delivery
New York, NY · Chicago, IL · +9 moreNew York, NY +10
$88,970–$316,750
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
UnityInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · Mountain View, CA · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4
$179,500–$341,900
$119,800–$261,000
$106,100–$178,770
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$220,100–$327,500
$146,400–$219,600
LG ElectronicsInternal deployment & tooling
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
$140,000–$200,000
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
529 of 600 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $157,000 and $220,000, across 139 companies.
Of 600 postings, 240 state a minimum number of years, from 108 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 106 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (101), 10 or more years (18) or under 3 years (15).
These 600 postings come from 178 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (55), Databricks (52), Booz Allen (39), Anduril (28) and Google (27).
Counted over the 600 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.