$179,500–$224,300
Senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work
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$100,000–$120,000
MetaProduction engineering
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$130,000–$185,000
$107,900–$195,050
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
Pay not posted
$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
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Startups
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$211,000–$278,000
$200–$350,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements
Multiple US offices
$184,000–$356,500
$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
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$140,000–$220,000
ElevenLabsCustomer adoption & accounts
Forward Deployed Creative
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
$200,000–$250,000
$133,100–$176,400
$230,000–$300,000
$125,000–$270,000
$200,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$210,000
$110,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$160,000
$211,000–$278,000
$110,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Cyber
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
$182,000–$242,000
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Starbase, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work pay?
26 of 43 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $155,000 and $249,000, across 20 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work require?
Of 43 postings, 12 state a minimum number of years, from 10 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 6 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (4) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work?
These 43 postings come from 34 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anthropic (3), OpenAI (3), Palantir (3), ElevenLabs (2) and Nebius (2).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work remote?
11 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 14 are hybrid and 7 are on-site. The remaining 11 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 17 of the 43 postings.
Counted over the 43 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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