Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
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72 postings from 49 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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$192,010–$274,300
$130,000–$200,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
TenstorrentProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Austin, TX · Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX +1Remote
$100,000–$500,000 · base + variable
$192,010–$274,300
$230,000–$275,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
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
$192,010–$274,300
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - LLM Post-training
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
$215,000–$260,000
$180,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$180,000–$225,000
$200,000–$400,000
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
Pay not posted
Red Cell PartnersProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
GenesysProduction engineering
Senior Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
$200,000–$400,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
ID.meDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mclean, VA · Mountain View, CA · +2 moreMclean, VA +3On-site
$154,000–$275,000
Scale AIDeployment team leadership
Sr. Director, (Applied AI) Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
$285,200–$356,500
$217,000–$248,000
Form EnergyInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Somerville, MA · Weirton, WVSomerville, MA +1Hybrid
$128,660–$194,218
VercelDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
Cursor (Anysphere)Deployment team leadership
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
$236,000–$354,000
BasetenDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$380,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$228,000–$403,200
IntercomDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
63 of 72 postings state a pay range. The median is $238,000, and half of them sit between $212,000 and $283,000, across 42 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 72 postings, 41 state a minimum number of years, from 34 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 20 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (16) or 10 or more years (5).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 72 postings come from 49 companies. The employers with the most postings are Scale AI (6), Snorkel AI (5), Applied Intuition (3), Kong (3) and Anthropic (2).
Are FDE jobs remote?
16 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 25 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 15 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 9 of the 72 postings.
Counted over the 72 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- External customers · 1656 jobs · 525 companies · 1656
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- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
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- 25% or more · 448 jobs · 140 companies · 448