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FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers
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$215,000–$300,000
$160,000–$300,000
$200,000–$320,000
$180,000–$225,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Full Stack Software Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$207,000–$385,000
$150,000–$185,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$145,000–$200,000
UncountableProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Implementations
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$90,000–$110,000
$140,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer - Mission Dev
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$130,000–$230,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$225,000
Ode with AnthropicProduction engineering
Bring Your Own Engineering Team
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
GoogleDeployment team leadership
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$262,000–$364,000
AccentureImplementation & delivery
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$62,800–$218,800
$126,200–$212,754
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Dallas, TX
$159,300–$202,400
AntithesisImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
SG$150,000–SG$225,000
Pay not posted
MicrosoftImplementation & delivery
Senior Software Engineer - Windows Solutions FDE
US · city not listed
$119,800–$261,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$210,000–$300,000
$110,800–$177,300
$90,000–$160,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent -Forward Deployed Engineer Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
$110,800–$177,300
$155,600–$306,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$175,100–$247,600
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent -Forward Deployed Engineer Managing Consultant
Dallas, TX
$127,500–$249,350
$110,800–$177,300
Deloitte USImplementation & delivery
Cyber Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Consultant
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
PwC (US)Deployment team leadership
Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Manager
New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$99,000–$266,000
$120,840–$145,300
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers pay?
987 of 1,251 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $230,000, across 302 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers require?
Of 1,251 postings, 508 state a minimum number of years, from 210 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 236 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (187), under 3 years (53) or 10 or more years (32).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers?
These 1,251 postings come from 418 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (71), Databricks (59), Amazon (incl AWS) (44), Palantir (43) and Accenture (41).
Are FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers remote?
210 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 307 are hybrid and 276 are on-site. The remaining 458 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 612 of the 1,251 postings.
Counted over the 1,251 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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