Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
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GustoInternal deployment & tooling
Enterprise Application AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · San Jose, CA · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$185,000–$250,000
GoviniInternal deployment & tooling
AI Engineer, Internal Enablement & Productivity
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$230,000
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What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies pay?
217 of 244 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $194,000 and $237,000, across 71 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies require?
Of 244 postings, 119 state a minimum number of years, from 54 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 61 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (46), 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 244 postings come from 88 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (59), OpenAI (17), Anduril (14), Scale AI (14) and Invisible Technologies (6).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies remote?
52 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 73 are hybrid and 33 are on-site. The remaining 86 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 127 of the 244 postings.
Counted over the 244 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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