Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first with ongoing operations
243 postings · 147 companies · 171 state pay: median $189,000, half $160,000–$221,000
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243 jobs match
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Plans what the customer deploys first
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243 jobs match
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243 jobs match
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243 jobs match
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243 jobs match
$180,000–$250,000
$160,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$230,000–$294,000
$180,000–$250,000
$230,000–$294,000
$120,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Product Manager
New York, NY · Austin, TX · +2 moreNew York, NY +3Hybrid
$180,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$320,000
$144,000–$192,000
Pay not posted
$175,000–$260,000
Senior Legal Engineer, Legal Products Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
Frisco, TX · New York, NYFrisco, TX +1Hybrid
$94,900–$203,000
$175,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$175,000
$175,000–$306,101.78
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$152,163–$289,353.75
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$165,000–$185,000
$110,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$250,000
$165,000–$185,000
$148,500–$246,000
Pay not posted
$123,000–$141,000
$165,000–$185,000
Senior Product Owner | Forward Deployed AI Delivery (SF and NYC)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
$166,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$254,600–$350,000
All 243 plan what the customer deploys first.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first with ongoing operations pay?
171 of 243 postings state a pay range. The median is $189,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $221,000, from 98 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first with ongoing operations require?
Of 243 postings, 133 state a minimum number of years, from 95 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 76 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (31), under 3 years (21) or 10 or more years (5).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first with ongoing operations?
These 243 postings come from 147 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (24), Hippocratic AI (8), Databricks (7), OpenAI (7) and Rivet Industries (5).
Are FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first with ongoing operations remote?
46 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 70 are hybrid and 93 are on-site. The remaining 34 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 155 of the 243 postings.
Counted over the 243 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