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Scale AIDeployment strategy
Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$200,000–$345,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
StripeInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed AI Accelerator, Marketing
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$132,000–$198,000
$140,000–$175,000
snaplogicImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Mateo, CA · San Francisco, CASan Mateo, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DC
$140,400–$193,050
ElevenLabsCustomer adoption & accounts
Forward Deployed Creative
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
$260,000–$290,000
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
ZiplineInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Operations
South San Francisco, CAOn-site
$112,500–$300,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$240,000 · OTE
$266,000–$445,000
$180,000–$230,000
$153,090–$218,700
$70,000–$300,000
$152,000–$192,000
$99,000–$133,000
$192,010–$274,300
$145,200–$217,800
$70,000–$300,000
$99,000–$133,000
$140,000–$200,000
$170,000–$280,000 · OTE
Snorkel AIImplementation & delivery
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$300,000
$185,000–$235,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksImplementation & delivery
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
$171,200–$256,800 · OTE
$210,000–$220,000
AndurilImplementation & delivery
Deployment Engineer
Broomfield, CO · Fort Collins, COBroomfield, CO +1
$126,000–$167,000
$200,000–$250,000
$179,982–$224,978
$123,000–$205,000 · OTE
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies pay?
358 of 425 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $235,000, across 105 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies require?
Of 425 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 (68), under 3 years (13) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies?
These 425 postings come from 137 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), OpenAI (36), Anduril (34), Scale AI (19) and Decagon (13).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies remote?
89 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 120 are hybrid and 77 are on-site. The remaining 139 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 208 of the 425 postings.
Counted over the 425 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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