$236,000–$289,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving production implementation
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42 jobs
$240,000–$280,000
$310,000–$350,000
$200,000–$250,000
LiberateProduction engineering
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
StriveworksProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXRemote
$210,000–$260,000
LiberateProduction engineering
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$210,000–$300,000
$225,000–$275,000
Mesh PaymentsDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$282,000–$355,000
Charlie HealthInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Forward Deployed Platform Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
$185,000–$265,000
$240,000–$300,000
Qualified HealthImplementation & delivery
Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization
USRemote
$190,000–$250,000
TENEX.AIDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 moreScottsdale, AZ +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$215,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$240,000
$200,000–$275,000
$185,000–$225,000
$175,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$100,000–$160,000
$180,000–$235,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$200,000
Cerebras SystemsInternal deployment & tooling
Staff AI Engineer – Business Systems
Sunnyvale, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$170,000–$225,000
Antora EnergyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack Software Products
USRemote
$183,000–$240,000
$194,000–$263,000
$200,000–$247,000
MercorDeployment team leadership
Enterprise Applied AI Leader
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$520,000
OrbDeployment team leadership
Manager, Implementation Architects- New York City
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$195,000–$275,000
$228,960–$363,510
Distyl AIDeployment team leadership
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$225,000–$325,000
$250,000–$300,000
$190,000–$230,000
$250,000–$400,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving production implementation pay?
33 of 42 postings state a pay range. The median is $235,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $263,000, across 29 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving production implementation require?
Of 42 postings, 18 state a minimum number of years, from 15 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 11 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (6) or 3 to 5 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving production implementation?
These 42 postings come from 37 companies. The employers with the most postings are Qualified Health (4), Liberate (2), Striveworks (2), Accrete AI (1) and ALSO (1).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving production implementation remote?
12 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 21 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 14 of the 42 postings.
Counted over the 42 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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