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FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles.

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Retell AIInternal deployment & tooling

Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders

Redwood City, CAOn-site

Build production-grade AI workflows, automations, and agent systems for Retell’s highest-priority company needs across recruiting, security, finance, operations, integrations, and go-to-market.

$180,000–$300,000

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Bot AutoInternal deployment & tooling

Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Mission Control

Houston, TX

Architect and build the cyber-physical operating system that coordinates Bot Auto's autonomous trucking fleet — from fleet scheduling and mission control to remote assistance and business intelligence.

Pay range unavailable

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GarageInternal deployment & tooling

Software Engineer, Growth

New York, NYOn-site

Software Engineer, Growth will build the data infrastructure, internal sales tools, and AI-powered workflows that turn fragmented specialty-asset industry data into a scalable sales pipeline.

$150,000–$250,000

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GovWellCustomer adoption & accounts

Deployment Strategist, Live Accounts

New York, NYHybrid

GovWell is hiring a Deployment Strategist to serve as the frontline customer engagement lead for live government accounts, ensuring day-to-day platform success and driving adoption.

$100,000–$130,000

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webAIDeployment team leadership

Director of Applied AI

Austin, TXHybrid

Director of Applied AI leading the design, deployment, and customer delivery of applied AI systems on a distributed AI platform.

Pay range unavailable

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Dyna RoboticsInternal deployment & tooling

Software Engineer, Applications

Redwood City, CAOn-site

Software Engineer, Applications responsible for building the deployment platform and end-to-end infrastructure that brings robotic systems into new sites, monitors fleets, captures operational data, and connects field failures back to AI research.

$170,000–$250,000

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Generalist AIInternal deployment & tooling

Software Engineer: Product

San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MAOn-site

Customer-facing product engineering role building applications for diagnosing, teaching, QA, and running robots.

$200,000–$350,000

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Periodic LabsInternal deployment & tooling

Product Engineer

Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Product Engineer building the agentic software layer connecting frontier AI models, scientific data, lab systems, and materials scientists.

$250,000–$350,000

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Mariana MineralsInternal deployment & tooling

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Senior full-stack engineer leading architecture and end-to-end delivery of internal software systems for engineering, construction, and operation of mineral processing facilities.

$150,000–$220,000

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TurbopufferTechnical pre-sales

deployed engineer

USRemote

Serve as turbopuffer’s customer-facing technical champion across demos, proofs of concept, deal support, evaluations, implementations, and production problem-solving.

Pay range unavailable

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FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling

Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Build software that automates the delivery of gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure across concurrent data-center projects, from schedules and procurement through field execution, change orders, design control, and commissioning.

$224,000–$300,000

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Credal.aiCustomer adoption & accounts

Founding GTM Deployment Strategist

Brooklyn, NYOn-site

Founding deployment strategist responsible for building Credal’s customer success function end to end, from onboarding and enablement through renewals, expansion, adoption, and retention.

$120,000–$150,000

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FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling

Decision Engineer, Business Operations

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Decision Engineer, Business Operations builds software systems that operationalize Fluidstack's hiring, finance, capital, contracts, and accounting workflows as the company scales AI infrastructure projects.

$224,000–$300,000

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FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling

Technical Program Manager, NPI

Austin, TXOn-site

Own adoption and enablement of Fluidstack's automation platform across data center delivery, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and operations.

$205,000–$240,000

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