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FDE jobs across the US
212 postings from 108 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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SitrepsProduction engineering
Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$140,000–$175,000
$180,000–$210,000
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$150,000–$250,000
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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
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$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
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$125,000–$200,000
$180,000–$250,000
AntithesisImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
SG$150,000–SG$225,000
SitrepsDeployment strategy
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
$140,000–$220,000
$180,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
ArtisanDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed GTM Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$180,000
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ChalkDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$350,000
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$160,000–$200,000
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 jobs pay?
131 of 212 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $229,000, across 70 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 212 postings, 59 state a minimum number of years, from 47 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 41 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (14) or 6 to 9 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 212 postings come from 108 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 jobs remote?
35 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 49 are hybrid and 116 are on-site. The remaining 12 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 79 of the 212 postings.
Counted over the 212 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Browse jobs by location and work
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 692 jobs · 289 companies · 692
- New York metro · 605 jobs · 264 companies · 605
- Washington, DC area · 304 jobs · 74 companies · 304
- Seattle area · 152 jobs · 52 companies · 152
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 35 companies · 125
- Austin · 118 jobs · 51 companies · 118
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 78 jobs · 21 companies · 78
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 46 jobs · 12 companies · 46
- Raleigh–Durham · 45 jobs · 17 companies · 45
- Philadelphia · 39 jobs · 11 companies · 39
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 39 jobs · 8 companies · 39
- Miami · 37 jobs · 12 companies · 37
- Kansas City · 30 jobs · 5 companies · 30
- Phoenix · 25 jobs · 6 companies · 25
- Portland · 23 jobs · 4 companies · 23
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
- Internal deployment & tooling · 403 jobs · 256 companies · 403
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1091 jobs · 495 companies · 1091
- Technical lead · 987 jobs · 404 companies · 987
- People manager · 108 jobs · 80 companies · 108
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 594 jobs · 124 companies · 594
- Later private · 548 jobs · 161 companies · 548
- Growth (Series B–C) · 351 jobs · 147 companies · 351
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 109 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 55 jobs · 28 companies · 55
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1715 jobs · 638 companies · 1715
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 98 jobs · 62 companies · 98
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2144 jobs · 721 companies · 2144
- Ongoing operations · 1663 jobs · 631 companies · 1663
- Proof of concept · 807 jobs · 345 companies · 807
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 615 jobs · 268 companies · 615
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1686 jobs · 531 companies · 1686
- Internal teams · 340 jobs · 228 companies · 340
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 460 jobs · 141 companies · 460