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FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with production coding serving external customers and internal teams
114 postings · 95 companies · 90 state pay: median $189,000, half $154,000–$224,000
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$191,475–$260,830
$115,000–$192,900
$117,000–$132,000
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
Gallup, NM · San Francisco, CAGallup, NM +1On-site
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$136,000–$155,000
$120,000–$150,000
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$144,000–$200,000
$150,000–$180,000
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AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE), U.S. Public Sector (Federal Focus)
Washington, DCRemote
$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$230,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$150,000–$180,000
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$100,000–$180,000
$182,000–$250,208
$148,000–$255,000
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$120,000–$160,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CACambridge, MA +1
$192,000–$256,000
$50–$55
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$150,000–$350,000
$132,000–$193,000
$250,000–$400,000
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$100,000–$160,000
$140,000–$190,000
$140,000–$190,000
$184,000–$356,500
$150,000–$225,000
Up to $220,000
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70 of 114 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with production coding serving external customers and internal teams pay?
90 of 114 postings state a pay range. The median is $189,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $224,000, from 73 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with production coding serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 114 postings, 62 state a minimum number of years, from 56 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 34 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (16), 6 to 9 years (11) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with production coding serving external customers and internal teams?
These 114 postings come from 95 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (4), Sia (4), Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (3), NVIDIA (3) and Striveworks (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with production coding serving external customers and internal teams remote?
28 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 25 are hybrid and 29 are on-site. The remaining 32 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 30 of the 114 postings.
Counted over the 114 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