# Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering

A Forward Deployed Engineering Manager (FDE Manager) leads a pod of FDEs embedded within strategic enterprise customers, owning delivery execution, engineering quality, and team development for their scope. FDE Managers own pod-level outcomes - they ensure their team delivers production AI systems that meet customer expectations, develop their engineers' careers, and contribute to the broader FDE practice's engineering standards. FDE Managers operate at pod/multi-pod scope. They lead 5-15 engineers, own technical delivery across one or more concurrent customer engagements, and define what "great" looks like for their team. They represent the FDE team to customer engineering leaders and AWS stakeholders, balancing delivery execution with people development. Key job responsibilities Lead FDE pod delivery. - Own delivery across one or more customer engagements. Staff and structure the team for optimal customer coverage. Define execution cadences and ensure consistent engineering quality across active programs. Requires 30-50% travel. Guide technical direction. - Provide technical oversight for customer AI programs within your scope. Review architecture decisions and ensure alignm

- **Id**: 3801048
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-forward-deployed-engineering-manager-aws-forward-deployed-engineering-2>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Boston, United States, Seattle, United States, Arlington, United States, New York, United States, Palo Alto, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T13:39:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7475
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Logistics, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 1-10
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4612
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.888
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 212700
- **Max**: 287700
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 287700

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **AI Agents** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **TypeScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Management years min**: 3
- **Team size min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T11:25:30Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 23,961 · green card filings: 81; Filings 12m: 23961

## Liveness

- **Score**: 62
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.618
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 9
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 287700
- **Is top pay**: yes

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