$180,000–$240,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept
60 postings · 36 companies · 56 state pay: median $261,000, half $222,000–$287,000
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$152,152–$205,405
$158,520–$294,360
$185,000–$300,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$124,646–$168,272
$182,000–$250,208
$168,912–$253,368
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$189,200–$372,900
$185,000–$220,000
$234,000–$286,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$250,000
$250,000–$300,000
$130,000–$174,000
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
$215,000–$260,000
$205,200–$360,800
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
$200,000–$400,000
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
OpenAILeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services
New York, NYHybrid
$302,000–$385,000
$163,100–$286,900
$200,000–$250,000
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$230,000–$294,000
$230,000–$294,000
$302,000–$385,000
HarveyPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Real Estate
New York, NYHybrid
$254,600–$350,000
Deloitte USProves it works before the sale
ConvergeProsperity - Lead Product Forward Deployed Engineer for FSI Signals - Products & Platforms
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
$320,000–$405,000
HackerRankLeads the deployment team
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CASanta Clara, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$350,000 · base + variable
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Anthropic Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
Deloitte USLeads the deployment team
Lead Databricks Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$189,200–$372,900
$189,200–$372,900
$223,700–$372,900
24 of 60 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept pay?
56 of 60 postings state a pay range. The median is $261,000, and half of them sit between $222,000 and $287,000, from 34 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept require?
Of 60 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 31 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 25 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (12), 3 to 5 years (10) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept?
These 60 postings come from 36 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (9), OpenAI (7), Alation (3), Scale AI (3) and BetterUp (2).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept remote?
10 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 24 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 20 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 27 of the 60 postings.
Counted over the 60 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