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FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Field Engineer, Public Sector

Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +3 more

Field Engineer supporting federal AI projects, working directly with public-sector customers to build production-grade data pipelines and integrations.

$150,400–$226,550

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Agent Enablement

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Applied AI Engineer building and operating secure agent-enablement integrations for strategic partners across web applications, connectors, APIs, CLIs, MCP servers, and developer tools.

$197,000–$280,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Discovery

Seattle, WA

Senior software engineer on Anduril’s Discovery team, building software-defined capabilities across cyber command and control, offensive cyber missions, networking, autonomy, and remote asset management in far-edge environments.

$191,000–$253,000

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SambaNova SystemsProduction engineering

Forward Deployment Engineer

USRemote

Forward Deploy Engineers embed with strategic enterprise customers to design, deploy, and optimize production generative AI applications on SambaNova's SN40L and SambaStack platforms.

$138,000–$170,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Plugins

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Applied AI Engineer responsible for taking strategic B2B plugins from concept through architecture, implementation, evaluation, launch, and ongoing maintenance across ChatGPT and Codex.

$197,000–$280,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Discovery

Washington, DC

Senior software engineer on Anduril’s Discovery team, incubating and maturing AI-native systems across cyber, networking, autonomy, robotics, and systems integration.

$191,000–$253,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYHybrid

This role partners with enterprise organizations to design, build, evaluate, and deploy AI systems from initial use-case selection through production scale.

$251,000–$278,000

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LaunchDarklyProduction engineering

Solutions Architect, AI Focus

USRemote

LaunchDarkly seeks a Solutions Architect – AI to lead strategic Professional Services engagements, helping enterprise customers adopt and operationalize AI-powered applications using feature management, experimentation, and progressive delivery.

$129,900–$210,210

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FourKitesProduction engineering

Principal Engineer, Customer Engineering

Chicago, ILRemote

Principal Engineer serving as senior technical authority across Fortune 500 customer base, owning complex integration designs and AI-powered workflow implementations end-to-end.

$140,000–$170,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives

New York, NYHybrid

Applied AI Engineer serving sophisticated digital-native customers such as Stripe, Uber, and Reddit, taking frontier AI applications from use-case discovery and prototyping through production deployment and scale.

$251,000–$278,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Mission Software Engineer, EW

Costa Mesa, CA

Mission Software Engineers own the full software lifecycle for electronic warfare products, spanning embedded systems, backend services, data pipelines, deployment infrastructure, Lattice OS integration, and operator-facing tools.

$166,000–$220,000

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LaunchDarklyProduction engineering

Senior Solutions Architect, AI Focus

USRemote

LaunchDarkly seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to lead AI-focused Professional Services engagements, helping customers adopt and operationalize AI-powered applications using feature management, experimentation, and progressive delivery.

$145,000–$235,400

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives

San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WAHybrid

Applied AI Engineer serving digital-native platform customers such as Stripe, Uber, and Reddit, taking frontier AI use cases from discovery and prototyping through production deployment, scale, and measurable business impact.

$251,000–$278,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Mission Software Engineer, EW

Costa Mesa, CA

Senior Mission Software Engineer on a new Electronic Warfare Mission Software Engineering team owning software across embedded interfaces, backend systems, deployment infrastructure, Lattice integration, and operator applications.

$191,000–$253,000

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TatariProduction engineering

Senior Solutions Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Tatari seeks a Senior Solutions Engineer to own complex B2B integrations end-to-end, mentor junior engineers, and influence the technical direction of the solutions practice.

$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation

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Field AIProduction engineering

AI Solutions Engineer (Fixed-Term)

Irvine, CAOn-site

AI Solution Engineer responsible for taking customer workflows from discovery through production, building reusable AI capabilities rather than one-off implementations.

Pay range unavailable

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Cyber

San Francisco, CAHybrid

This customer-facing Applied AI Engineering role helps strategic enterprises deploy OpenAI models, Codex, and agentic workflows across cybersecurity use cases, from secure code review and vulnerability triage to SOC operations, cloud security, and GRC automation.

$266,000–$362,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Front End

Reston, VA

This front-end software engineer joins Anduril’s Mission Software Engineering team to own customer-deployed software supporting defense missions such as counter-intrusion, joint all-domain command and control, and counter-UAS.

$166,000–$220,000

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DecagonProduction engineering

Staff Software Engineer, Agent Product

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Staff engineers on the Agent Product Engineering team own the end-to-end development of mission-critical AI agents serving millions of users and enterprise customers.

$200,000–$400,000

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AHEADProduction engineering

Senior AI Engineer, AI Services

USRemote

AHEAD seeks a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade AI solutions for clients, focusing on multi-agent systems and production workflows.

Pay range unavailable

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Data IntellectProduction engineering

Senior kdb+ Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Senior kdb+ engineer role at a specialist consultancy, leading technical delivery of high-performance time-series systems for global financial institutions.

Pay range unavailable

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Front End Software Engineer, React

Washington, DC

Builds React and TypeScript front-end tools extending Lattice OS for command and control of complex assets, missile defense missions, networking, and remote asset management at the far edge.

$191,000–$253,000

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CrestaProduction engineering

Customer Engineer

USRemote

The Customer Engineer delivers AI solutions for enterprise contact centers by designing, building, deploying, and troubleshooting integrations with customer chat and phone platforms.

Pay range unavailable

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PendoProduction engineering

Sr. Professional Services Engineer Consultant

Raleigh, NC · San Francisco, CARemote

This Sr. Professional Services Engineer Consultant role owns the design and delivery of complex technical engagements at Pendo, spanning custom integrations, data pipelines, APIs, and technical solutions that connect Pendo to customers' broader ecosystems.

$132,200–$175,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Front End Software Engineer, React

Seattle, WA

Senior front-end engineer on Anduril’s Discovery team, building React and TypeScript interfaces that extend Lattice OS for autonomous systems, missile defense, command and control, and far-edge operations.

$191,000–$253,000

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BCGProduction engineering

BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms

Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more

Lead AI Tech Architect role at BCG Platinion, part of BCG's Tech and Digital Advantage practice, focused on designing and guiding implementation of intelligent, agentic AI platforms for enterprise clients.

$190,000

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more

Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer who serves as the hands-on technical bridge between Scale AI’s frontier AI capabilities and strategic enterprise customers.

$288,000–$360,000

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DecagonProduction engineering

Agent Deployment Engineer

New York, NYOn-site

Own end-to-end delivery of enterprise AI agent deployments, from architecture and integration through evaluation and production launch.

$175,000–$230,000

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