Red Cell PartnersBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies
143 postings · 76 companies · 130 state pay: median $244,000, half $210,000–$283,000
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AnthropicBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$152,152–$205,405
EYBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$125,500–$261,600
CrossCountry ConsultingBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
AHEADBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Technical Consultant – Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security
USRemote
Pay not posted
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Builds what the customer runs
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$158,520–$294,360
$124,646–$168,272
$200,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Snorkel AIBuilds what the customer runs
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
DatabricksBuilds what the customer runs
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security
US · city not listedHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$240,000
$168,912–$253,368
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
Invisible TechnologiesBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$189,200–$372,900
$195,000–$215,000
$220,000–$310,000
Pay not posted
ZiplineBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Software Engineer – Integrations Platform
South San Francisco, CA
$180,000–$270,000
Snorkel AIBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
$185,000–$220,000
$234,000–$286,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$250,000
Red Cell PartnersBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Applied ML Engineer, Federal/National Security
Washington, DCRemote
$180,000–$240,000
CrusoeBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$250,000–$300,000
AHEADBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Technical Consultant - AI/ Azure Cloud Platform Engineering
USRemote
Pay not posted
$175,000–$250,000
$130,000–$174,000
$215,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
$175,000–$250,000
$150,000–$400,000
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$265,000–$331,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies pay?
130 of 143 postings state a pay range. The median is $244,000, and half of them sit between $210,000 and $283,000, from 67 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies require?
Of 143 postings, 103 state a minimum number of years, from 61 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 52 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (30), 3 to 5 years (19) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies?
These 143 postings come from 76 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (9), OpenAI (8), Anduril (6), Databricks (5) and Scale AI (5).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies remote?
36 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 49 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 41 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 58 of the 143 postings.
Counted over the 143 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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