$220,000–$245,000
View job →FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies
248 jobs
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →$130,000–$200,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →$165,000–$200,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
View job →$180,000–$300,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$185,000–$300,000
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 →$200,000–$400,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →flexportProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Supply Chain Solutions
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$206,181–$252,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$230,000–$275,000
View job →$189,000–$330,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$200,000–$260,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$210,000–$300,000
View job →$160,000–$180,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$220,000–$240,000
View job →$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →Judi HealthProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Charlotte, NC · Denver, CO · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2Hybrid
$116,400–$200,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies pay?
Of 248 postings, 221 list a pay range. The median posted range is $182,000–$250,000 across 73 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies require?
Of 248 postings, 117 state a minimum number of years, from 53 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 60 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (45), 10 or more years (8) or under 3 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies?
These 248 postings come from 90 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (59), OpenAI (18), Anduril (14), Scale AI (14) and Decagon (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies remote?
Of 248 postings, 161 state a work arrangement, from 83 companies. Of those, 54 are remote, 73 are hybrid and 34 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 129 of the 248 postings.
Counted over the 248 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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