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Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers
56 postings · 47 companies · 49 with pay · median $263,000 · middle half $225,000–$325,000 · read
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CrossCountry ConsultingBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
$302,000–$385,000
$163,100–$286,900
Pay not posted
$300,000–$415,000
$180,000–$220,000
$240,000–$300,000
$300,000–$360,000
$240,000–$315,000
$210,000–$300,000
$302,000–$385,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Irvine, CA · +4 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +5
$184,900–$287,700
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Platform Engineering Senior Manager - Forward Deployed Engineer
Annapolis Junction, MD
$145,900–$248,000
$320,000–$488,750
$307,600–$468,200
$300,000–$415,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Marketing Engineers
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$183,000–$190,500
$169,920–$315,600
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1
$170,000–$220,000
$203,745–$275,655
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
$300,000–$350,000
$189,200–$372,900
$241,000–$390,500
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
$225,000–$300,000
$211,000–$264,000
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$600,000–$900,000
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1
$200,000–$299,000
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 moreScottsdale, AZ +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$190,000–$240,000
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$228,000–$403,200
54 of these 56 jobs lead deployment teams.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers pay?
49 of 56 postings state a pay range. The median is $263,000, and half of them sit between $225,000 and $325,000, from 41 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers require?
Of 56 postings, 34 state a minimum number of years, from 31 companies. The most common requirement is 10 or more years, in 15 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (14) or 3 to 5 years (5).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers?
These 56 postings come from 47 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (3), OpenAI (3), Cursor (Anysphere) (2), Fieldguide (2) and Hadrian (2).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers remote?
11 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 18 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 25 of the 56 postings.
Counted over the 56 postings in this search.
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