$200,000–$290,000
FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies
861 postings · 252 companies · 719 state pay: median $214,000, half $178,000–$242,000
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$125,000–$142,500
BetterUpPlans what the customer deploys first
Staff Product Manager, Forward Deployment
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreAustin, TX +2Hybrid
$180,000–$250,000
$90,000–$100,000
$171,200–$256,800 · OTE
EliseAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Ecosystem Partnerships
New York, NYOn-site
$140,000–$180,000
BetterUpPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment
Austin, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreAustin, TX +3Hybrid
$210,000–$295,000
$141,781–$191,404
$120,000–$160,000
EliseAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Lead Deployment Strategist, Future Platforms | Housing
New York, NYOn-site
$190,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
EliseAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Future Platforms | Housing
New York, NYOn-site
$160,000–$200,000
$191,000–$254,000
$169,600–$278,250
$190,000–$250,000
Scale AILeads the deployment team
Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$227,000–$325,000
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack (Arsenal 2)
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$290,000
$80,300–$190,000
$150,000–$225,000
Seeq CorporationBuilds for teams inside the company
Customer Support Operations Intelligence Engineer
USRemote
$110,000–$155,000
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack (Arsenal 2)
Santa Ana, CA
$191,000–$254,000
$180,000–$200,000
$165,000–$200,000
$130,000–$195,000
$220,000–$292,000
Pay not posted
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer – Bionic Enterprise Platform
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
$150,000–$200,000
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Arsenal 2)
Santa Ana, CA
$191,000–$254,000
$170,500–$220,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer – Bionic Enterprise Platform
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
Kairos PowerBuilds for teams inside the company
Applications Integration Engineer
Oak Ridge, TNOn-site
Pay not posted
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Software (ArsenalOS Deployment)
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$290,000
Pay not posted
CHAOS IndustriesBuilds for teams inside the company
Production Software Engineer
El Segundo, CAOn-site
$120,000–$210,000
StripeBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreAtlanta, GA +3
$156,900–$235,300
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (ArsenalOS Deployment)
Santa Ana, CA
$191,000–$253,000
Pay not posted
497 of 861 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies pay?
719 of 861 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $178,000 and $242,000, from 193 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies require?
Of 861 postings, 539 state a minimum number of years, from 194 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 275 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (184), under 3 years (44) or 10 or more years (36).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies?
These 861 postings come from 252 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (79), Databricks (73), OpenAI (45), Anduril (39) and Scale AI (23).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies remote?
173 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 217 are hybrid and 159 are on-site. The remaining 312 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 425 of the 861 postings.
Counted over the 861 postings in this search. Postings read on November 4, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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