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$200,000–$285,000
$175,000–$206,000
$156,600–$276,000
$105,000–$170,000
$150,000–$220,000
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$211,000–$278,000
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$200,000–$285,000
$115,000–$135,000
$175,000–$190,000
BenchlingInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Tools and Automation
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$195,000–$265,000
TaniumInternal deployment & tooling
Corporate AI Engineer
Addison, TX · Bellevue, WA · +3 moreAddison, TX +4Hybrid
$154,000–$200,000
$115,000–$168,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Network Engineer, App Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$1–$1
CrusoeInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$215,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
$165,000–$300,000
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Cyber
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
$180,000–$220,000
$207,000–$385,000
$154,000–$213,000
$250,000–$425,000
$191,000–$253,000
GuidePoint SecurityInternal deployment & tooling
Innovation Engineer- Remote (Anywhere in the U.S.)
USRemote
Pay not posted
CoxInternal deployment & tooling
Sr Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +1 moreAtlanta, GA +2Hybrid
$101,500–$169,100
$200,000–$250,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic AI Engineer, Automation
Costa Mesa, CA · Long Beach, CACosta Mesa, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$292,000
$138,000–$230,000
$300,000–$425,000
$230,000–$303,000
$115,000–$173,000
$130,000–$196,000
$215,000–$300,000
$125,000–$175,000
$130,000–$196,000
$180,000–$225,000
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
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies with ongoing operations pay?
338 of 400 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $243,000, across 109 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies with ongoing operations require?
Of 400 postings, 166 state a minimum number of years, from 85 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 87 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (54), under 3 years (16) or 10 or more years (9).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies with ongoing operations?
These 400 postings come from 139 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anduril (36), OpenAI (32), Databricks (24), Scale AI (23) and Decagon (14).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies with ongoing operations remote?
83 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 116 are hybrid and 87 are on-site. The remaining 114 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 165 of the 400 postings.
Counted over the 400 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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