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 with ongoing operations
110 postings · 68 companies · 98 state pay: median $244,000, half $210,000–$281,000
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$194,736.75–$265,613.9
AnthropicBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
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
$185,000–$300,000
DatabricksBuilds what the customer runs
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security
US · city not listedHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$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
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
$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
$185,000–$220,000
$180,000–$390,000
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
$120,000–$170,000
AHEADBuilds what the customer runs
Principal Technical Consultant - AI/ Azure Cloud Platform Engineering
USRemote
Pay not posted
$130,000–$174,000
$215,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
$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
$200,000–$400,000
$177,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$230,000–$260,000
$200,000–$400,000
GenesysBuilds what the customer runs
Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
AnthropicBuilds what the customer runs
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
AndurilBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Software Engineer, Active Clearance, Air Defense
Irvine, CA
$220,000–$292,000
Scale AIBuilds what the customer runs
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
$163,100–$286,900
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies with ongoing operations pay?
98 of 110 postings state a pay range. The median is $244,000, and half of them sit between $210,000 and $281,000, from 60 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies with ongoing operations require?
Of 110 postings, 84 state a minimum number of years, from 57 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 41 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (25), 3 to 5 years (16) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies with ongoing operations?
These 110 postings come from 68 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anduril (6), OpenAI (6), Scale AI (5), Anthropic (4) and AHEAD (3).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies with ongoing operations remote?
28 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 41 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 27 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 41 of the 110 postings.
Counted over the 110 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings