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FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving production implementation
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205 jobs
$185,000–$275,000
$150,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
SitrepsProduction engineering
Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$140,000–$175,000
$180,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Liquid AIProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied (Audio)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
FriendliAIProduction engineering
Solutions Architect - AI Inference Specialist
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$150,000–$185,000
$150,000–$350,000
Liquid AIProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
Brain Co.Production engineering
Early Career Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$180,000–$250,000
$120,000–$200,000
NODA AIProduction engineering
Senior Solution Engineer / Solution Architect
Austin, TX · Washington, DCAustin, TX +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$320,000
$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
$175,000–$225,000
$125,000–$200,000
AntithesisImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
SG$150,000–SG$225,000
ChalkDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$350,000
SitrepsDeployment strategy
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
$140,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
ArtisanDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed GTM Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
AntithesisImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
£80,000–£125,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving production implementation pay?
128 of 205 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $231,000, across 69 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving production implementation require?
Of 205 postings, 55 state a minimum number of years, from 43 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 35 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (14), 6 to 9 years (4) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving production implementation?
These 205 postings come from 102 companies. The employers with the most postings are Istari Digital (17), Retell AI (9), Sitreps (9), Fluidstack (7) and Fundamental Research Labs (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving production implementation remote?
34 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 48 are hybrid and 112 are on-site. The remaining 11 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 76 of the 205 postings.
Counted over the 205 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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