$185,000–$300,000
View job →FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept
76 jobs
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$165,000–$200,000
View job →Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
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View job →$185,000–$300,000
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View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
View job →$185,000–$300,000
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 →$118,400–$222,000
View job →CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
View job →$160,000–$270,000
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
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Raleigh, NC
$182,000–$250,208
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
View job →OpenAIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
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
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View job →Pay range unavailable
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View job →$180,000–$210,000
View job →$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$165,000–$330,000
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 →$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
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 →$250,000–$330,000
View job →GenesysProduction engineering
Senior Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
View job →$200,000–$400,000
View job →$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
View job →$197,000–$280,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept pay?
Of 76 postings, 70 list a pay range. The median posted range is $182,000–$255,000 across 36 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept require?
Of 76 postings, 41 state a minimum number of years, from 26 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (16), under 3 years (3) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept?
These 76 postings come from 41 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (15), Scale AI (7), Databricks (5), Tatari (4) and Baseten (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept remote?
Of 76 postings, 60 state a work arrangement, from 36 companies. Of those, 16 are remote, 37 are hybrid and 7 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 32 of the 76 postings.
Counted over the 76 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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