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FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers
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PalantirProduction engineering
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Cloud Native Forward Deployed Senior Manager | Associate Director
Columbus, OH · Dallas, TX · +2 moreColumbus, OH +3Hybrid
$112,900–$366,300
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
Judi HealthProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Charlotte, NC · Denver, CO · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2Hybrid
$116,400–$200,000
AmplitudeProduction engineering
Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$130,000–$170,000
SalesforceProduction engineering
Missionforce - Senior/Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Public Sector
Herndon, VARemote
$148,500–$365,200
AdobeProduction engineering
Senior AEM Forward Deployed Engineer
San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · +3 moreSan Jose, CA +4
$159,200–$301,600
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$210,000
BCGProduction engineering
(Senior) Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$150,000–$300,000
$135,000–$200,000
$200,000–$325,000
WarpProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$200,000–$250,000
SitrepsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Logistics Programs
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$155,000–$225,000
$135,000–$200,000
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Oahu (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$205,000
$140,000–$160,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
$190,400–$285,600
$140,000–$220,000
$135,000–$200,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers pay?
977 of 1,238 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $230,000, across 300 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers require?
Of 1,238 postings, 500 state a minimum number of years, from 204 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 231 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (185), under 3 years (52) or 10 or more years (32).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers?
These 1,238 postings come from 415 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (71), Databricks (60), Palantir (43), Accenture (40) and Amazon (incl AWS) (38).
Are FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers remote?
208 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 305 are hybrid and 274 are on-site. The remaining 451 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 607 of the 1,238 postings.
Counted over the 1,238 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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