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FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies serving external customers
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296 jobs
$185,000–$230,000
WriterProduction engineering
AI deployment engineer (UK)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$230,000
$180,000–$390,000
Pay not posted
WriterProduction engineering
AI deployment engineer (East)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$146,400–$185,000
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$180,000–$390,000
$108,000–$170,000
WriterProduction engineering
AI deployment engineer (Central)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$131,800–$166,000
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
$180,000–$390,000
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$190,000
SierraProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$180,000–$390,000
$200,000–$260,000
$120,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$190,000
$200,000–$260,000
$215,000–$300,000
MercorProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$145,000–$285,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$190,000
$215,000–$300,000
$150,000–$190,000
$170,000–$215,000
$120,000–$190,000
$140,000–$240,000
$200,000–$250,000
$170,000–$215,000
$160,000–$210,000 · OTE
$200,000–$250,000
LiberateProduction engineering
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
LangChainProduction engineering
Deployed Architect, Professional Services (Remote)
Los Angeles, CARemote
$170,000–$215,000
$160,000–$500,000
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
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies serving external customers pay?
224 of 296 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $169,000 and $230,000, across 88 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies serving external customers require?
Of 296 postings, 116 state a minimum number of years, from 61 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 64 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (27), under 3 years (19) or 10 or more years (6).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies serving external customers?
These 296 postings come from 119 companies. The employers with the most postings are LangChain (24), Sierra (21), Distyl AI (7), Doss (7) and Liberate (7).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies serving external customers remote?
65 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 110 are hybrid and 97 are on-site. The remaining 24 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 120 of the 296 postings.
Counted over the 296 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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