$150,000–$190,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding
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736 jobs
$130,200–$265,300
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Chicago, ILHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
$140,000–$180,000
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$250,000
One BriefProduction engineering
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Colorado Springs (Top Secret Clearance Required, Relocation Provided)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$180,000–$220,000
$140,000–$180,000
MolocoProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving - Moloco Commerce Media
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Charlotte, NCHybrid
Pay not posted
ION GroupProduction engineering
Senior Agentic Developer, LLM‑Native / Enterprise, NY
New York, NYHybrid
Pay not posted
ReplyProduction engineering
Senior AI Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreAtlanta, GA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Columbus, OHHybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
SitrepsProduction engineering
Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$140,000–$175,000
$191,000–$253,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Philadelphia, PAHybrid
Pay not posted
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$162,400–$311,000
$140,000–$240,000
$160,000–$210,000 · OTE
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Atlanta, GAHybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
LiberateProduction engineering
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
StriveworksProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXRemote
$210,000–$260,000
$180,000–$245,000
LiberateProduction engineering
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
Liquid AIProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied (Audio)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$150,000–$215,000
$185,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$180,000
Liquid AIProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$265,000–$265,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding pay?
628 of 736 postings state a pay range. The median is $203,000, and half of them sit between $167,000 and $230,000, across 249 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding require?
Of 736 postings, 377 state a minimum number of years, from 184 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 168 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (155), 10 or more years (37) or under 3 years (17).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding?
These 736 postings come from 311 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (64), Databricks (54), Amazon (incl AWS) (21), Accenture (20) and Google (14).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with production coding remote?
133 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 200 are hybrid and 93 are on-site. The remaining 310 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 331 of the 736 postings.
Counted over the 736 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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