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Deloitte USProduction engineering
ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, Insurance Growth Suite (Manager) - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
$179,500–$224,300
$100,000–$120,000
MetaProduction engineering
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$130,000–$185,000
$99,000–$225,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI — Safety and Security
Santa Clara, CARemote
$184,000–$287,500
$107,900–$195,050
$160,000–$230,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
$184,000–$287,500
Pay not posted
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
$266,000–$362,000
$86,800–$198,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
$200–$350,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Startups
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$211,000–$278,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements
Multiple US offices
$184,000–$356,500
Pay not posted
$180,000–$250,000
$220,000–$315,000
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
Pay not posted
$180,000–$250,000
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Deloitte USInternal deployment & tooling
AI Design Facilitator and Forward-Deployed Engineer II
Multiple US offices
$82,600–$162,800
Ode with AnthropicDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Product Manager (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$275,000
$140,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$126,050.05–$189,075.08
Pay not posted
CitigroupInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Transformation - Senior Vice President
Tampa, FLHybrid
$141,440–$212,160
Pay not posted
$180,000–$200,000
ElevenLabsCustomer adoption & accounts
Forward Deployed Creative
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs with prototype and scripting work pay?
67 of 100 postings state a pay range. The median is $202,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $241,000, across 43 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with prototype and scripting work require?
Of 100 postings, 33 state a minimum number of years, from 26 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 16 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (11), under 3 years (5) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with prototype and scripting work?
These 100 postings come from 63 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (7), Anthropic (5), SpaceX (5), Palantir (4) and Booz Allen (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs with prototype and scripting work remote?
22 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 38 are hybrid and 18 are on-site. The remaining 22 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 41 of the 100 postings.
Counted over the 100 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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