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$206,600–$229,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$237,150–$320,850
$140,000–$190,000
IntercomProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$189,000–$330,000
$145,000–$180,000
Applied IntuitionProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (December 2026)
Sunnyvale, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) - U.S. Federal Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$300,000
$194,400–$228,800
Pay not posted
$112,400–$171,600
AnthropicProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$194,400–$228,800
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$130,000–$190,000
$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$240,000
$156,060–$211,140
$120,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$140,000–$240,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Physical Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$152,900–$210,155
Pay not posted
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
BCGProduction engineering
(Senior) Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Pay not posted
$190,400–$285,600
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Seattle, WA
$182,000–$250,208
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies pay?
184 of 229 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $243,000, across 74 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies require?
Of 229 postings, 83 state a minimum number of years, from 51 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 53 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (21) or under 3 years (9).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies?
These 229 postings come from 100 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (22), Anduril (21), SpaceX (11), Scale AI (10) and Decagon (9).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies remote?
50 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 63 are hybrid and 51 are on-site. The remaining 65 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 95 of the 229 postings.
Counted over the 229 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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