$182,000–$250,208
View job →FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies
248 jobs
$118,400–$222,000
View job →$140,000–$160,000
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 →$182,000–$250,208
View job →CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
View job →VercelProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$160,000–$270,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
View job →GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Senior Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay range unavailable
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security
US · city not listedHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
View job →reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - LLM Post-training
New York, NYOn-site
Pay range unavailable
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,900–$210,155
View job →OpenAIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
View job →$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$165,000–$330,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
US · city not listed
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Charlotte, NC
$182,000–$250,208
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Los Angeles, CA
$182,000–$250,208
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
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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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