$195,000–$229,000
FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept
175 jobs
$150,000–$190,000
$100,000–$160,000
GustoInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic Operations Architect
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3Hybrid
$168,420–$247,369
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Commercial
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
Scale AIDeployment team leadership
Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$252,000–$315,000
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Bastrop, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$170,000–$200,000
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$266,000–$405,000
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Starbase, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$170,000–$200,000
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Mcgregor, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$347,000–$445,000
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
$170,000–$200,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept pay?
Of 175 postings, 145 list a pay range. The median posted range is $182,000–$260,000 across 57 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept require?
Of 175 postings, 80 state a minimum number of years, from 46 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 42 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (24), under 3 years (11) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept?
These 175 postings come from 72 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (28), SpaceX (15), Scale AI (13), Anthropic (8) and Databricks (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept remote?
Of 175 postings, 140 state a work arrangement, from 62 companies. Of those, 39 are remote, 74 are hybrid and 27 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 84 of the 175 postings.
Counted over the 175 postings in this search, as read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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