$220,000–$245,000
View job →Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers
65 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 →$200,000–$260,000
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 →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 →$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 →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 →$220,000–$292,000
View job →DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
View job →$138,000–$230,000
View job →ID.meDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mclean, VA · Mountain View, CA · +2 moreMclean, VA +3On-site
$154,000–$275,000
View job →Scale AIDeployment team leadership
Sr. Director, (Applied AI) Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
$285,200–$356,500
View job →VercelDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
View job →DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
View job →Cursor (Anysphere)Deployment team leadership
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay range unavailable
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay?
Of 65 postings, 58 list a pay range. The median posted range is $205,000–$296,000 across 31 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers require?
Of 65 postings, 34 state a minimum number of years, from 26 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (13) or 10 or more years (7).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers?
These 65 postings come from 37 companies. The employers with the most postings are Scale AI (7), Snorkel AI (5), Databricks (4), Anthropic (3) and Applied Intuition (3).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote?
Of 65 postings, 50 state a work arrangement, from 32 companies. Of those, 16 are remote, 19 are hybrid and 15 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 25 of the 65 postings.
Counted over the 65 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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