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16 jobs
$180,000–$350,000
$222,000–$290,000
Periodic LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
Retell AIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Spanish Fluency Required)
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$140,000–$200,000
Retell AIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Mandarin Fluency Required)
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$180,000–$300,000
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$320,000
Retell AIImplementation & delivery
Deployments Consultant
New York, NY · Redwood City, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$170,000–$260,000
$170,000–$260,000
$170,000–$260,000
Periodic LabsInternal deployment & tooling
Product Engineer
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$250,000–$350,000
$180,000–$300,000
Retell AIInternal deployment & tooling
Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies with visa sponsorship pay?
16 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $240,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $244,000, across 7 companies.
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies with visa sponsorship?
These 16 postings come from 7 companies. The employers with the most postings are Retell AI (9), Periodic Labs (2), Apollo Research (1), Applied Compute (1) and Cartesia (1).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies with visa sponsorship remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 16 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 5 of the 16 postings.
Counted over the 16 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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