$200,000–$400,000
FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers
396 jobs
Pay not posted
$166,000–$220,000
$251,000–$278,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$191,000–$253,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
SpaceXProduction engineering
Mission Integration Engineer, AI (Starshield) - Top Secret Clearance
Hawthorne, CA
$100,000–$135,000
PendoProduction engineering
Sr. Professional Services Engineer Consultant
Raleigh, NC · San Francisco, CARaleigh, NC +1Remote
$132,200–$175,000
$166,000–$220,000
$266,000–$362,000
$135,000–$230,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$191,000–$253,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
$125,000–$220,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
$191,000–$253,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$150,000
$220,000–$350,000
$175,000–$230,000
$166,000–$253,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
$220,000–$350,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Software Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$166,000–$220,000
One BriefProduction engineering
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Colorado Springs (Top Secret Clearance Required, Relocation Provided)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$180,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
ION GroupProduction engineering
Senior Agentic Developer, LLM‑Native / Enterprise, NY
New York, NYHybrid
Pay not posted
$166,000–$253,000
$211,000–$302,000
Pay not posted
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Federal - Top Secret Clearance
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$170,000–$300,000 · OTE
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Startups
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$211,000–$278,000
$180,000–$400,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Field Engineer, Data Engine
Colorado Springs, CO · Omaha, NE · +2 moreColorado Springs, CO +3
$140,000–$290,000
$166,000–$220,000
$196,000–$223,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay?
Of 396 postings, 337 list a pay range. The median posted range is $182,000–$250,000 across 86 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers require?
Of 396 postings, 159 state a minimum number of years, from 64 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 74 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (67), under 3 years (9) or 10 or more years (9).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers?
These 396 postings come from 112 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (68), OpenAI (32), Anduril (29), Scale AI (25) and Decagon (13).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote?
Of 396 postings, 264 state a work arrangement, from 100 companies. Of those, 91 are remote, 108 are hybrid and 65 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 220 of the 396 postings.
Counted over the 396 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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