OpenAIProduction engineering
Physical Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams
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CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
MolocoProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving - Moloco Commerce Media
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
$140,000–$200,000
$176,000–$240,000
$68,443–$92,398
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI, Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$400,000
$126,600–$189,800
$182,300–$220,000
$131,250–$153,750
$215,000–$300,000
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What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams pay?
13 of 13 postings state a pay range. The median is $201,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $248,000, across 12 companies.
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams?
These 13 postings come from 12 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anthropic (2), Alation (1), Celonis (1), Cohere (1) and Labelbox (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept serving external customers and internal teams remote?
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 7 are hybrid. The remaining 3 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 6 of the 13 postings.
Counted over the 13 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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