$185,000–$300,000
View job →Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept
34 jobs
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
View job →$200,000–$260,000
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 →$118,400–$222,000
View job →$160,000–$270,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
View job →$215,000–$260,000
View job →$180,000–$210,000
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 →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 →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 →MolocoProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving - Moloco Commerce Media
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
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 →GoviniDeployment team leadership
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay range unavailable
View job →BasetenDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$380,000
View job →$320,000–$405,000
View job →IntercomDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
View job →$176,000–$224,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →BenchlingInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Tools and Automation
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$195,000–$265,000
View job →$154,000–$213,000
View job →$230,000–$303,000
View job →TatariInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation
New York, NYHybrid
$160,000–$180,000 · total compensation
View job →$100,000–$160,000
View job →$159,780–$238,080
View job →$136,312–$184,021
View job →$130,000–$196,000
View job →$251,000–$335,000
View job →AnthropicDeployment team leadership
Manager, Applied AI Engineering, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$320,000–$405,000
View job →GustoInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic Operations Architect
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3Hybrid
$168,420–$247,369
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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?
Of 34 postings, 32 list a pay range. The median posted range is $193,000–$268,000 across 27 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept require?
Of 34 postings, 22 state a minimum number of years, from 21 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (9), 10 or more years (3) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept?
These 34 postings come from 29 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (3), Scale AI (3), Anthropic (2), AHEAD (1) and Alation (1).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept remote?
Of 34 postings, 28 state a work arrangement, from 25 companies. Of those, 7 are remote, 15 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 12 of the 34 postings.
Counted over the 34 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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