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ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
$206,600–$229,000
$192,010–$274,300
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$300,000
IntercomProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$237,150–$320,850
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$190,000
$189,000–$330,000
$145,000–$180,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$165,000–$200,000
Applied IntuitionProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (December 2026)
Sunnyvale, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$220,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$194,400–$228,800
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$300,000
$185,000–$300,000
$194,400–$228,800
DatabricksProduction engineering
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) - U.S. Federal Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$112,400–$171,600
$200,000–$400,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$250,000–$280,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
$182,000–$250,208
AnthropicProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$190,000
$189,000–$330,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay?
271 of 317 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $237,000, across 78 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers require?
Of 317 postings, 121 state a minimum number of years, from 54 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 60 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (53), under 3 years (5) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers?
These 317 postings come from 102 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (64), OpenAI (29), Anduril (25), Scale AI (17) and Decagon (11).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote?
70 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 89 are hybrid and 46 are on-site. The remaining 112 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 186 of the 317 postings.
Counted over the 317 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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