$185,000–$300,000
View job →Senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies
434 jobs
$182,000–$250,208
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View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
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View job →$156,060–$211,140
View job →$185,000–$300,000
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View job →$160,000–$180,000
View job →HadrianProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
Torrance, CA · San Francisco, CATorrance, CA +1On-site
$120,000–$300,000
View job →$220,000–$240,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$140,000–$240,000
View job →$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
View job →Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security
US · city not listedHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →OpenAIProduction engineering
Physical Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
View job →Judi HealthProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Charlotte, NC · Denver, CO · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2Hybrid
$116,400–$200,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,900–$210,155
View job →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
View job →$140,000–$160,000
View job →CA$175,000–CA$385,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
View job →$190,400–$285,600
View job →CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
View job →VercelProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies pay?
Of 434 postings, 366 list a pay range. The median posted range is $182,000–$250,000 across 109 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies require?
Of 434 postings, 170 state a minimum number of years, from 81 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 85 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (69), under 3 years (13) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies?
These 434 postings come from 141 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), OpenAI (37), Anduril (34), Scale AI (19) and Decagon (14).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies remote?
Of 434 postings, 294 state a work arrangement, from 124 companies. Of those, 95 are remote, 120 are hybrid and 79 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 213 of the 434 postings.
Counted over the 434 postings in this search, as read on September 17, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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