$220,000–$245,000
View job →Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies
97 jobs
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →$130,000–$200,000
View job →Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
View job →TenstorrentProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Austin, TX · Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX +1Remote
$100,000–$500,000 · base + variable
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →$230,000–$275,000
View job →Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$210,000–$300,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →$200,000–$260,000
View job →$168,912–$253,368
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$118,400–$222,000
View job →$160,000–$270,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
View job →reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - LLM Post-training
New York, NYOn-site
Pay range unavailable
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
View job →$215,000–$260,000
View job →$180,000–$210,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$180,000–$225,000
View job →$200,000–$400,000
View job →StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →Red Cell PartnersProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
View job →GenesysProduction engineering
Senior Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
View job →$200,000–$400,000
View job →BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
View job →AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
View job →MolocoProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving - Moloco Commerce Media
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
View job →$220,000–$292,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies pay?
Of 97 postings, 87 list a pay range. The median posted range is $200,000–$275,000 across 52 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies require?
Of 97 postings, 55 state a minimum number of years, from 43 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 26 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (20), 10 or more years (8) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies?
These 97 postings come from 60 companies. The employers with the most postings are Scale AI (7), Databricks (5), Snorkel AI (5), Invisible Technologies (4) and OpenAI (4).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies remote?
Of 97 postings, 77 state a work arrangement, from 54 companies. Of those, 22 are remote, 36 are hybrid and 19 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 31 of the 97 postings.
Counted over the 97 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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