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Mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies
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Agile DefenseProduction engineering
MSS Developers (Various Locations)
Colorado Springs, CO · Falls Church, VA · +7 moreColorado Springs, CO +8On-site
Pay not posted
$166,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$150,000
Pay not posted
$166,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$115,000–$173,000
$130,000–$196,000
$125,000–$175,000
xAIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Data Center - Memphis
Memphis, TN · Southaven, MSMemphis, TN +1On-site
Pay not posted
$130,000–$196,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$135,200–$259,000
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Bastrop, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Mcgregor, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
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What do mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies pay?
10 of 19 postings state a pay range. The median is $157,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $186,000, across 8 companies.
Which companies are hiring for mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies?
These 19 postings come from 12 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (4), Agile Defense (2), Anduril (2), Cresta (2) and Relativity Space (2).
Are mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies remote?
4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 7 are on-site. The remaining 8 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 9 of the 19 postings.
Counted over the 19 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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