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RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$181,000–$271,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$292,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$154,000–$230,000
xAIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Data Center - Memphis
Memphis, TN · Southaven, MSMemphis, TN +1On-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
TatariInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation
New York, NYHybrid
$160,000–$180,000 · total compensation
$240,000–$300,000
$143,000–$191,000
$150,000–$250,000
$138,000–$210,000
TWG GlobalInternal deployment & tooling
Staff / VP, Data Science - Marketing & Sales Focus
New York, NYHybrid
$280,000–$300,000
Grow TherapyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience & AI Enablement
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$182,000–$250,000
$200,000–$200,000
$125,000–$195,000
$174,500–$240,000
$191,000–$253,000
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
$125,000–$200,000
Horizon mediaInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
$159,780–$238,080
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$130,000–$196,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, ArsenalOS Deployment
Costa Mesa, CA
$220,000–$290,000
$154,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$154,000–$230,000
ZiplineInternal deployment & tooling
Supply Chain Business Operations Manager, AI Strategy
South San Francisco, CAOn-site
$147,800–$285,200
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
$203,200–$254,000
PerplexityInternal deployment & tooling
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Adoption)
San Francisco, CA
$220,000–$405,000
$100,000–$160,000
$180,000–$300,000
$251,000–$335,000
$220,000–$292,000
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Bastrop, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$182,300–$220,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving production implementation pay?
449 of 533 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $243,000, across 122 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving production implementation require?
Of 533 postings, 228 state a minimum number of years, from 101 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 106 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (92), under 3 years (19) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving production implementation?
These 533 postings come from 158 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (69), OpenAI (40), Anduril (39), Scale AI (27) and SpaceX (16).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving production implementation remote?
115 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 152 are hybrid and 101 are on-site. The remaining 165 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 247 of the 533 postings.
Counted over the 533 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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