--- title: Lead Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer description: Extreme Networks is hiring for the Lead Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer role in Seattle, WA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/lead-senior-principal-forward-deployed-engineer-at-extreme-networks-01a13146-be53-7592-8669-1898a0e64c74 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Extreme Networks as Lead Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer in Seattle, WA. Pays $180K–$210K per year. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/evag4h.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Extreme Networks | | **Location** | Seattle, WA (Hybrid) | | **Salary** | $180K/yr - $210K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 12, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** C · Some flags. Mostly fine, a few things to check. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Extreme Networks sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 25 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Extreme Networks. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $177,000 – $235,000 a year (median $192,000). ## Description Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions. They rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver unprecedented progress. Become part of something big with Extreme! As a global networking leader, learn why there is no better time to join the Extreme team. ## Position details **Title of position:** Lead Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer **Position type:** Full time - Hybrid **Location:** Seattle, WA **Position reports to:** Director of Software Systems Engineering **Application deadline:** Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis and this posting will remain open until filled. **Work authorization:** We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa, including H-1B visas, at this time **Scope:** Are you energized by solving complex, high-impact problems directly with customers? Do you want to turn emerging technologies in intelligent networking, generative AI, agentic systems, automation, and cloud platforms into production solutions? Do you want what you build and learn in the field to help shape capabilities that benefit customers at scale? Then come advance with us. **About the Position** Forward Deployed Engineers at Extreme are software engineers who work directly with strategic customers to jointly design, build, validate, and deploy solutions to complex business and technical problems using Extreme's products and platforms. FDEs operate in real customer environments and own technical outcomes from discovery and solution design through implementation, deployment, and production readiness. The solutions they build must meet demanding requirements for scalability, security, reliability, observability, and operational safety. This is a deeply technical and hands-on engineering organization. FDEs work directly with customers to understand complex problems and design, build, deploy, and stabilize production solutions using Extreme's products and platforms. They write production software, solve complex systems and integration problems, and own technical outcomes from solution design through production readiness. FDEs also identify platform gaps and define new feature requirements, working with Product teams to incorporate recurring customer needs into Extreme's products and platforms. **About the Role** As a Lead Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be a senior technical leader within the FDE organization, setting technical direction across Extreme's most complex customer engagements and shaping the architectures, engineering practices, and reusable capabilities that enable FDE to operate effectively at scale. You will remain deeply hands-on, working directly with customer architects, principal engineers, engineering leaders, and technical teams on novel and difficult problems spanning intelligent networking, agentic AI, automation, enterprise integrations, data, distributed systems, and cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Beyond individual engagements, you will identify patterns across customer environments, recognize systemic platform gaps, and turn field learning into reference architectures, reusable capabilities, engineering standards, and improvements to Extreme's products and platforms. ## Skills - Software Deployment - Observability - H-1b Visa Sponsorship - Operational Safety - Scalability - Solution Design ## Related - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Development jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Developer / Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/software-developer-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Forward Deployed Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/software-developer-engineer/forward-deployed-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [Washington](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/washington?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 61444 jobs - [Seattle, WA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/washington/seattle?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 18688 jobs - [Computer Networking](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-networking?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 5586 jobs - [Extreme Networks](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/extreme-networks?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 38 jobs ## Related pages - [Washington](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/washington?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 61444 jobs - [Seattle, WA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/washington/seattle?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 18688 jobs - [Computer Networking](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-networking?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 5586 jobs - [Extreme Networks](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/extreme-networks?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 38 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)